Tambora

[ tahm-baw-rah, -boh-, -buh- ]

noun

1. an active volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: eruption 1815. 9,042 feet (2,756 meters).

Tambora

/ ˈtæmbəˌrɑː /

noun

1. a volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: violent eruption of 1815 reduced its height from about 4000 m (13 000 ft) to 2850 m (9400 ft)

Example Sentences

The unusually cold year of 1816, which went down in history as the Year Without a Summer, stemmed from an eruption of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia in April of 1815, possibly exacerbated by a hitherto unknown volcanic eruption six years before.

From Science Daily

Moussallam cited global cooling periods that occurred after the eruption of Tambora in 1815 and Mt.

From Salon

Tambora erupted in present-day Indonesia.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1815, Mount Tambora in what’s now Indonesia unleashed the largest known volcanic eruption in history.

From Science Magazine

Along with being heard over a thousand miles away, the explosion of Mount Tambora — located in present-day Indonesia — shot out an enormous plume of black dust that lingered in the atmosphere for years.

From Salon