The huge caldera—6 kilometers in diameter and 1,100 meters deep—formed when Tambora ... Mount Tambora, an imposing stratovolcano that before 1815 reached an altitude of more than 4,300 meters, was the ...

In 1815, Indonesia's Mount Tambora volcano erupted, creating unprecedented hell. The Mount Tambora eruption has since been recorded as the most powerful volcanic eruption ever recorded. California ...

(CNN) — Mount Tambora changed the world. In 1815, the Indonesian volcano exploded in the most powerful eruption in recorded history, sending an enormous plume of tiny sun-reflecting particles ...

Nearly two centuries after a massive volcanic eruption ... Zavaritskii’s eruption is now recognised as one of the most powerful of the 19th century, alongside Mount Tambora in Indonesia (1815 ...