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Tambora's serrated NE caldera rim towers 1,250 m above the caldera floor. The 6-km-wide caldera was formed in 1815, during one of the world's most powerful eruptions of the past 10,000 years. Since 1815 only a few minor eruptions have occurred on the caldera floor. Photo by Rizal Dasoeki, 1986 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

Tambora's serrated NE caldera rim towers 1,250 m above the caldera floor. The 6-km-wide caldera was formed in 1815, during one of the world's most powerful eruptions of the past 10,000 years. Since 1815 only a few minor eruptions have occurred on the caldera floor.

Photo by Rizal Dasoeki, 1986 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

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Galleries: Calderas

Keywords: caldera | stratigraphy

Tambora