Mount Tambora
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Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands, volcanism is the result of subduction zones. The 1815 eruption w
Caldera of Mount Tambora as seen from Earth orbit
Mount Tambora and its surroundings as seen from space
View of Mount Rinjani from Mount Tambora. Viewing distance is 165 kilometres (103 mi).
Aerial view of the caldera of Mt Tambora, 2011
Stratovolcano
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A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are charact
Mount Tambora
…Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands, volcanism is the result of subduction zones. The 1815 eruption was…
Mount Rainier, a 4,390-metre-tall (14,410 ft) stratovolcano, the highest mountain in the US state of Washington
Exposed internal structure of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic rock in the eroded Broken Top stratovolcano in Oregon
Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, in southern Italy
Snow-like blanket of Mount Pinatubo's ashfall deposits in a parking lot on Clark Air Base (15 June 1991)