38+ Mount Tambora 1815 Restoration Of Mormon Pics. Eruption of the volcano at mount tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption of the 19th century. April 10, 1815 mount tambora on the island of sumbawa in the indonesian archipelago erupted, explosively, ejecting some 38 cubic miles of material 27 miles into the stratosphere, and blacking out the sun for two days at a distance of 370 miles.
The 1815 eruption of mount tambora was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history, with a volcanic explosivity index (vei) of 7.
That title goes to the 1815 eruption of mount tambora, which was an order of magnitude larger. Also known as a composite volcano also known as a composite volcano, tambora is a tall conical volcano (cone like structure) where layers of the walls are built by hardened lava and. The 1815 eruption of mount tambora was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history, with a volcanic explosivity index (vei) of 7. Mount tambora (or tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on sumbawa island, indonesia.