34+ Where Is Mount Tambora Indonesia Located Background. Mount tambora is 9,350 feet tall and has a 4 mile wide crater where its summit used to be before 1815. This is a difficult mountain to reach let alone climb.
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.
Mount tambora, also called mount tamboro, indonesian gunung tambora, volcanic mountain on the northern coast of sumbawa island, indonesia, that in april 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. Discover mount tambora in indonesia: Its last eruption in 1815 has eliminated nearly half the altitude from 4,300 masl to 2,851 masl and left the widest caldera in indonesia. Indonesia has over 150 active volcanoes making it one of the most active areas in the world.