Mount Tambora

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active volcano stratovolcano

Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Tambora canonical	16
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora	9
Mount Tambora caldera	2
Mount Tambora crater	1
Tambora	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T174236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Tambora
Context triple: [Indonesia, hasVolcano, Mount Tambora]

A. Krakatoa
Krakatoa is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait famous for its catastrophic 1883 eruption, one of the most powerful and destructive volcanic events in recorded history.
B. Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta.
C. Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo is an active and highly popular volcano in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its dramatic crater landscape and sunrise views within the Tengger caldera.
D. Mount Rinjani
Mount Rinjani is an active stratovolcano on the island of Lombok known for its large caldera lake, challenging trekking routes, and significant cultural and geological importance.
E. Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in Washington State, USA, best known for its catastrophic 1980 eruption that dramatically reshaped its summit and surrounding landscape.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Tambora
Target entity description: Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."

A. Krakatoa
Krakatoa is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait famous for its catastrophic 1883 eruption, one of the most powerful and destructive volcanic events in recorded history.
B. Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta.
C. Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo is an active and highly popular volcano in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its dramatic crater landscape and sunrise views within the Tengger caldera.
D. Mount Rinjani
Mount Rinjani is an active stratovolcano on the island of Lombok known for its large caldera lake, challenging trekking routes, and significant cultural and geological importance.
E. Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in Washington State, USA, best known for its catastrophic 1980 eruption that dramatically reshaped its summit and surrounding landscape.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	active volcano ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ
ashColumnHeight	over 40 km in 1815 eruption ⓘ
calderaDepth	approximately 1100 m ⓘ
calderaDiameter	approximately 6 km ⓘ
causedEvent	1816 agricultural failures in Europe and North America ⓘ Year Without a Summer ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
deathTollEstimate	over 60000 people including famine and disease ⓘ tens of thousands of people ⓘ
discoveredByWesterners	early 19th century European explorers ⓘ
elevation	approximately 2850 m ⓘ approximately 9350 ft ⓘ
eruptionEndDate	1815-04-15 ⓘ
eruptionPeakDate	1815-04-10 ⓘ
eruptionStartDate	1815-04-05 ⓘ
eruptionType	Plinian eruption ⓘ ultra-Plinian eruption ⓘ
eruptionVEI	VEI 7 ⓘ
firstRecordedAscentAfter1815	early 20th century ⓘ
formedBySubductionOf	Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ surface form: Australian Plate
globalTemperatureAnomaly	about 0.4–0.7 °C cooling after 1815 eruption ⓘ
hasCraterLake	small crater lakes on caldera floor ⓘ
hasEruption	1815 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ
hasNationalPark	Mount Tambora National Park ⓘ
knownFor	1815 cataclysmic eruption ⓘ causing the Year Without a Summer ⓘ massive global climatic effects ⓘ
lastEruption	1815 ⓘ
locatedIn	Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ Sanggar Peninsula ⓘ West Nusa Tenggara ⓘ
locatedOn	Sumbawa ⓘ
locatedOnTectonicPlate	Sunda Plate ⓘ
magmaComposition	trachyandesite ⓘ trachyte ⓘ
mountainRange	Sumbawa Island volcanic arc ⓘ
nearbySettlementDestroyed	Pekat ⓘ Sanggar ⓘ Tambora village ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ Sunda Arc ⓘ
pre1815Elevation	approximately 4300 m ⓘ over 14000 ft ⓘ
producedTsunami	yes, during 1815 eruption ⓘ
prominence	approximately 2850 m ⓘ
rankingByEruptionSize	one of the largest eruptions in recorded history ⓘ
tephraVolume	over 100 km3 dense rock equivalent in 1815 eruption ⓘ
volcanicExplosivityIndex	7 ⓘ
volcanoType	stratovolcano ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indonesia → hasVolcano → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Nusa Tenggara → contains → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Sumbawa → hasVolcanicFeature → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Sumbawa → hasHighestPoint → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Sumbawa → hasHistoricalEvent → Mount Tambora ⓘ