View 1816 Mount Tambora Images. In 1816, mount tambora erupted and changed the course of the world by bringing about epidemics, rioting and the foundation of mormonism. Mount tambora (or tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on sumbawa island, indonesia.
Mount tambora, which produced one of the largest eruptions in recorded history on april 10, 1815, as seen in an image taken by an astronaut.
Mount tambora is located in lesser sunda islands, indonesia and erupted in 1816 (or 1815 i am not quite sure ive gotten to different dates) with a vei of 7 it killed 71,000 people 11 thousand directly. The eruption of mount tambora was the largest eruption ever witnessed. Its eruption in 1815 is the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and is considered one of the greatest natural. Mount tambora, or tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in the northern part of sumbawa, one of the lesser sunda islands of indonesia.