Download Mount Tambora Crater Background. Mount tambora, or tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in west nusa tanagra, sumbawa, indonesia in one of the lesser sunda islands of indonesia.it was formed due to the active subduction zones beneath it, and before its 1815 eruption, it was more than 4,300 metres (14,100 feet) high, making it one of the tallest peaks in the indonesian archipelago. Its crater is 6km in diameter and drops to a depth of 1,100 metres.
Mount tambora is an active volcano on the island of sumbawa in indonesia.
Mount tambora in sumbawa island just east to lombok is the site of the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history. It is now 2,851 metres (9,354 feet) high, having lost much of its top in the 1815 eruption. Its crater is 6km in diameter and drops to a depth of 1,100 metres. Mount tambora in sumbawa island just east to lombok is the site of the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history.