Tambora Caldera Today (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Tambora Caldera Today

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The summit caldera of Tambora, which is about 6 kilometers wide and 7 kilometers long and more than 1 kilometer deep, was created by the 1815 eruption. Gray eruptive products form the top of the caldera wall (foreground) and appear to be 200-year-old pyroclastic flow or late surge deposits. On the floor of the caldera is an ephemeral lake (center) and a small cone from a post-1815 eruption (lower right of lake).

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