29+ 1967 Eruption Of Mount Tambora PNG. Eruption of the volcano at mount tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption of the 19th century. An administrator of the east india company, sir thomas stamford bingley raffles, who was serving.
Mount tambora (or tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on sumbawa island, indonesia.
The eruption was so violent that it changed the weather during a whole year. The eruption killed at least 10,000 islanders and expelled enough ash, rock, and aerosols to block sunshine worldwide, lower the global temperature, and cause. Many have never heard of this explosion, but tambora had massive historical effects. The eruption of tambora was ten times more powerful than that of krakatau, which is 900 miles away.