21+ Mount Tambora Volcano Location Images. Its eruption in 1815 is the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and is considered one of the greatest natural disasters ever to befall mankind. Everything about it is impressive.
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Tambora was taller before its explosive volcanic eruption in 1815. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it. Mount tambora is located in indonesia, asia between the pacific. From there it's a relatively easy 2 hour hike to the southern rim of the caldera at 1,950m, a location often used by the volcano monitoring team.