Mount Tambora, located on the Island of Sumbawa, Indonesia is classified as a Stratovolcano. Also known as a composite volcano, Tambora is a tall conical volcano (cone like structure) where layers of the walls are built by hardened lava and volcanic ash. The term composite is used to describe the volcano due to the composite layered structure built from sequential outpourings of eruptive materials1. Among the most common types of volcanoes, Tambora also shares its destructive prowess with best-known
Mount Tambora is a large stratovolcano located on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. It lies approximately 210 miles north of the Java Trench and is flanked to the north and south by oceanic crust. Its current summit elevation is around 9,350 feet (Smithsonian Institute). To the south-east of the volcano lies the Sanggar peninsula, which is a part of Tambora. There are two cities, Dompu and Clima, and three concentrations of villages near the mountain slope: Sanggar, Doro Peti and Pesanggrahan,
The stratovolcano Tambora makes up the 60-km wide Sanggar Peninsula on northern Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, and is still currently active today. Erupting on April 10, 1815, Tambora, which is considered the largest observed eruption in recorded history, induced mass destruction to villages, widespread famine, and global climate change that would last for years to come. Standing nearly 14,000 feet high, Tambora experienced small tremors and streams of pyroclastic flow before erupting, shooting 60 megatons
mile radius around the volcano itself, which ends up killing people, destroying houses, land, etc. Known worldwide is the volcano of Tambora. On April 5th, 1815, many people didn’t think it would be their last day of their life. This volcano has one of the most tragic stories with the most deaths recorded by one single volcano in history. The volcano of Tambora killed 80,000 people directly and indirectly (Farrell,J). Most of the people that died were from Sumbawa Island and a lot of people died
again (howstuffworks.com). An extinct volcano is mount Buninyong which is located in Austria the last time this volcano erupted was a little over ten centuries ago and is now somewhat a tourist attraction. Volcanoes are in fact important because without volcanoes the atmosphere wouldn’t have its oxygen rich properties. Many of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was swarm with rock-forming minerals of the earth 's crust. During earlier volcanic eruptions many gasses enters into the earth atmosphere. Carbon
This year marks the 202nd anniversary of the eruption of Mount Tambora. Many have never heard of this explosion, but Tambora had massive historical effects. Let’s explore what this explosion was and how it impacted culture in the 1800’s. Mount Tambora erupted on the Island of Sumbawa on April 5th in 1815. It was recorded as “the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history” (Britannica). The effect of this massive eruption traveled far beyond the small Indonesian island. It impacted multiple and
When examining the influence and impacts of volcanic eruptions upon the earth’s climate system we have to consider occurrences both in the present and in the past. It has been noted by McGuire et al. that “Volcanic activity and environmental change have been linked during recent times and in the geological record.” (2002:88) With thousands of volcanic events having transpired since the Archean, there is an abundance of evidence to support the theory that volcanoes have impacted our climate for over
are different types of volcanoes that form certain ways and some volcanoes are active and inactive now. A volcano is a cone shaped mountain or cracks in the ground that shoot out lava, molten rock, ash and gases, from inside the earth. Volcano eruptions happen because two tectonic plates move away from each other leaving a gap (Ganeri). Scientists believe that magma from the mantle causes these plates to move (Netzley). Magma then rises to fill the gap as a thin fluid lava. It either explodes violently
sends lava flowing and spewing out of the top. Another thing that volcanoes let off is volcanic ash and gases that can be very harmful to any living thing if exposed to these elements. There is more than one type of volcano. Many people think of the triangular mountain type volcanoes to be the only ones that exist, but this isn’t true. This type of volcano is known as the composite cone, such that Mount Fuji and Mount St. Helens fall under this classification. Another type is called a shield volcano
1.0 Topic Definition Volcanic Eruption, which means the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material, is one of the catastrophes in human history. It can devastate enormous areas, as well as people. The eruption of the Vesuvius in AD 79 buried the cities of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae with ashes and mud. (Oracle think quest) The majority of ancient volcanoes, like Mt. Vesuvius in Italy and Mt. Tambora in Indonesia are all dormant volcanoes now. However, Mt. Etna,