Tambora Peninsula

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The Tambora Peninsula is a landform on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia, best known as the site of Mount Tambora, whose 1815 eruption was one of the most powerful volcanic events in recorded history.

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Tambora Peninsula canonical 2
Tambora region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landform
peninsula
administrativeRegion Bima Regency
Dompu Regency
linked to: Dompu
associatedWith Year Without a Summer
global volcanic history
climate tropical savanna climate
country Indonesia
ecosystemType montane forest
tropical dry forest
formsProjectionInto Flores Sea
geologicalType volcanic peninsula
hasCoastline north coast of Sumbawa
south coast of Sumbawa
hasFeature Mount Tambora
hasHighestPoint Mount Tambora
hasHistoricalEvent 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
hasLandUse agriculture
forestry
grazing
hasNationalPark Mount Tambora National Park
hasSettlement villages on its slopes
hasVolcano Mount Tambora
highestPointElevation 2850 m
approximately 2850 metres
historicalLanguage Tambora language
historicallyInhabitedBy Tambora people
impactOfHistoricalEvent global climatic effects in 1816
knownFor 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
Mount Tambora volcano
linked to: Mount Tambora
languageRegion Indonesian language
locatedIn Lesser Sunda Islands
Sumbawa
West Nusa Tenggara
locatedInTimeZone UTC+8
locatedOn island of Sumbawa
linked to: Sumbawa
locatedOnCoastOf Flores Sea
Indian Ocean
nearbyWaterBody Flores Sea
Indian Ocean
Saleh Bay
partOf Lesser Sunda Islands archipelago
West Nusa Tenggara province
linked to: West Nusa Tenggara
region eastern Indonesia
tectonicSetting subduction zone between Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate
tourismAttraction views over Flores Sea
volcano trekking on Mount Tambora
volcanicArc Lesser Sunda Islands volcanic arc
linked to: Sunda Arc

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Tambora village partOf Tambora Peninsula
Pekat partOf Tambora region
linked to: Tambora Peninsula
Pekat locatedOn Tambora Peninsula