View Mount Tambora Prominence Pics. Mount tambora (8°14'41s, 117°59'35e) is an active volcano in indonesia. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it.
Later eruptions have been smaller.
Mount tambora is an active volcano located on the island of sumbawa in indonesia. Mount tambora erupted on the 10th of april, 1815. Mount tambora is located in the ring of fire.12. The largest volcanic explosion in recorded history, in april 1815 tambora erupted so violently that it was heard over 2,000 kilometres away.