View Mount Tambora Ocean Gif. On april 10, 1815, the tambora volcano produced the largest eruption in recorded history. Mount tambora (gunung tambora) is located on the island of sumbawa in west nusa tenggara, indonesia.
When mount tambora blew up in 1815, it blasted 12 cubic miles of ash, pumice, and other aerosols into the atmosphere.
It was generally believed that tambora was extinct, although cascading lava slammed into the ocean, destroying all aquatic life in its path, and creating tsunamis. At the beginning of 1815, it stood more than 4,300 metres or 14,100 feet tall. Tambora's pyroclsic flows covered the entire island and droped into the ocean sending multiple. Mount tambora is an active volcano on the island of sumbawa in indonesia.