Mount Tambora's Largest Eruption
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Mount Tambora's 1815 Eruption Altered the Planet - Could It Happen Again?
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Mount Tambora is a stratovolcano on the Sumbawa island in Indonesia .
The eruption in 1815 was the largest in recorded history.
It spewed 24 cubic miles of ash, rock, and gases into the air, including 60 megatons of sulfur.
Volcanic eruptions occur frequently but rarely at this magnitude.