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Mount Tambora in Indonesia began the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people and affecting temperatures worldwide.
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Mount Tambora
Active stratovolcano on Sumbawa, Indonesia
Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands, it was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it. Before the 1815 eruption, its elevation reached more than 4,300 metres high, making it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
Catastrophic volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815
In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia, erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history. This eruption, with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7, ejected 37–45 km3 of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Year Without a Summer
1816 volcanic winter climate event
The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest of any on record between 1766 and 2000, resulting in crop…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)