Tambora village

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Tambora village was a settlement on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia that was obliterated by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement
village
archaeologicalSite yes
associatedEvent Year Without a Summer
buriedUnder thick volcanic deposits
causeOfDestruction pyroclastic flows
volcanic ash fall
continent Asia
coordinateRegion northern Sumbawa
country Indonesia
dateOfDestruction 1815-04-10
destroyedBy 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
linked to: Mount Tambora
discovery remains identified in late 20th century
ethnicGroup Tambora people
excavatedBy Indonesian archaeologists
governedBy local kingdom of Tambora
historicalSignificance example of a settlement completely destroyed by a volcanic eruption
knownFor being obliterated in the 1815 Tambora eruption
loss of the Tambora language
languageSpoken Tambora language
locatedIn Dutch East Indies
Lesser Sunda Islands
Sumbawa Island
linked to: Sumbawa
locatedInBody Flores Sea region
linked to: Flores Sea
locatedInPresentDay West Nusa Tenggara
locatedNear Mount Tambora caldera
linked to: Mount Tambora
locatedOn Sumbawa
locatedOnSlopeOf Mount Tambora
obliteratedIn 1815
partOf Kingdom of Tambora
Tambora Peninsula
preDestructionPopulation several thousand inhabitants (approximate)
preEruptionEconomy agriculture
maritime trade
relatedTo 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
linked to: Mount Tambora

Mount Tambora
religion Islam
status abandoned
destroyed
timePeriod early 19th century

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Mount Tambora nearbySettlementDestroyed Tambora village