43+ Primary Facts Mount Tambora PNG. The sky rained ash for many. Mount tambora is an active volcano on the island of sumbawa in indonesia.
The eruption of mount tambora also affected the surrounding area.
It is on top of a subduction zone. Mount tambora is a volcano on the indonesian island of sumbava. In fact, 1816 came to be known as. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it.