17+ Documentart On Mount Tambora Images. Mount tambora (or tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on sumbawa island, indonesia. Documentary exploring mount tambora (2850 masl).
When the island was first discovered by europeans, the mountain was thought to be an extinct volcano.
The volcano has a diameter of 38 miles at sea level. Tambora was taller before its explosive volcanic eruption in 1815. /caption mount tambora is an active stratovolcano on sumbawa island in indonesia. The eruption of mount tambora in indonesia in 1815 was one of the most powerful of its kind in recorded history.