29+ Plate Tectonic Setting Of Mount Tambora Volcano Pics. The largest volcanic eruption ever recorded is that of the indonesian island arc volcano tambora in 1815. These plates are huge slabs of the earth's crust and upper mantle , which fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
Mount tambora, is an active stratovolcano famous for its eruption in 1815 which was considered one of the most explosive volcanic eruptions in earthʼs history.
Pacific rim, central american, and caribbean volcanoes; Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it. This volcano belongs to the group of stratovolcanoes. The australian plate is being subducted, which is why you see the volcanic arc tambora is part of.