Tambora, Indonesia

Stratovolcano · 2,850 m (9,350 ft) · Lesser Sunda Is

Tambora is a stratovolcano in Indonesia, 2,850 m (9,350 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 60,000 people where the toll is counted.

Tambora on the map

Tambora and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Country: Indonesia
Region: Lesser Sunda Is
Summit: 8.250° S, 118.000° E
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 264040

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

April 10, 1815VEI 7 · 60,000 deaths · tsunami

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.