Tambora, having once stood at just over 14,000 feet before the eruption, now reached a maximum height of 9,354 feet. Minor ...

Significance of the 1815 Mount Tambora Eruption Mount Tambora is a stratovolcano on the Sumbawa island in Indonesia. The volcano resides along the Sunda Arc - a chain of volcanic islands.

The eruption of Tambora was ten times more powerful than ... So when the chance arose to visit the volcano while on a trip last fall to Bali and other Spice Islands, I took it.

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption started overnight.

August 1883 saw the world tremble with the eruption of Krakatau, a volcano in the Sunda Strait connecting the Java Sea and the Indian ... The awakening of Krakatau in 1883 was one of the deadliest ...