Tambora Caldera, Letusan Tambora Di Eropa Empat Kali Lipat Dari Krakatau

The 6 km wide caldera was formed in 1815 during one of the worlds most powerful eruptions of the past 10000 years.

Tambour horizon test. Paul hessels wikimedia commons. A view from the caldera rim of tambora taken june 2008. The greatest caldera in indonesia demikian dunia internasional menjulukinya.

Khususnya para ahli geologi dan gunung api dunia. The huge caldera 37 miles 6 km in diameter and 3609 feet 1100 meters deep formed when the eruption removed tamboras estimated 13123 foot high 4000 m peak and the magma chamber. The huge caldera6 kilometers 37 miles in diameter and 1100 meters 3609 feet deepformed when tamboras estimated 4000 meter 13123 foot high peak was removed and the magma chamber below emptied during the april 10 eruption.

The eruption killed at least 10000 islanders and expelled enough ash rock and aerosols to block sunshine worldwide lower the global temperature and cause famine. However it was a gentle eruption with a vei of 0 which means it was non explosive. Tamboras serrated ne caldera rim towers 1250 m above the caldera floor.

The last eruption was recorded in 1967. This raised mount tambora as high as 4300 m 14100 ft making it one of the tallest peaks in the indonesian archipelago in the 18th century. Since 1815 only a few minor eruptions have occurred on the caldera floor.

Mount tambora is still active and minor lava domes and flows have been extruded on the caldera floor during the 19th and 20th centuries. After breakfast in our guesthouse we drive you up the northern slope of mttambora to register at the national park office in pancasila village. The chances are high that you will be the only one on the rim of the caldera.

The massive tambora stratovolcano forms the entire 60 km wide sanggar peninsula on northern sumbawa island. Tambora is still very quiet compared to other mountains in indonesia. The eruption produced global climatic effects and killed more than 100000 people directly and indirectly.

Before the eruption in 1815 tambora was a volcano that might have been 4300 meters 14100 feet tall. Mount tambora volcanic mountain on sumbawa island indonesia that in april 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. Photo by rizal dasoeki 1986 volcanological survey of indonesia.

Minor lava domes and flows have been extruded on the caldera floor at tambora during the 19th and 20th centuries.