Mount Tambora Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
stratovolcano on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia
About Mount Tambora
This is a difficult mountain to reach, let alone climb. Few non-Indonesian visitors ever make it to this remote corner of northern Sumbawa and far fewer still to the top of mighty Mount Tambora. This makes Tambora a unique experience, since the nature is unspoiled and during a hike you will most likely encounter no other tourists. In 1815 this was the site of themost powerfulvolcanic explosion in modern history – an explosion that was heard as far away as Batavia (modern dayJakarta). The mountain was reduced from 4,200 m to 2,800 m. It is estimated that 36 km³ of the mountain was reduced to dust which then swirled around the globe for the next few years, resulting in a 'year without summer' in Europe and a period of spectacular sunsets some of which can be seen in the paintings of English
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