Entity / Location

Mount Tambora

Indonesian volcano whose 1815 eruption injected material into the atmosphere and affected climate in 1816.

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Investigation

The Year Without a Summer

In 1815, Tambora erupted. In 1816, abnormal cold and weather disruptions reached far beyond Indonesia—into harvests, migration, fisheries, and social change.

Relationship trail

Mount Tambora produced 1815 Tambora eruption

Source metadata

Do volcanoes affect weather?U.S. Geological Survey · Government history