28+ Mount Tambora Coordinates Pictures. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and tambora was formed by the active subduction zone beneath it. Mount tambora (8°14'41s, 117°59'35e) is an active volcano in indonesia.
The effects from the mount tambora eruption were felt around the world.
Mount tambora is centered in the image on the right on the sumbawa island, (southern) indonesia. Mount tambora, volcanic mountain on sumbawa island, indonesia, that in april 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. It brought about the year without a summer. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it.