File:1815 Tambora Sumbawa explosion path large.jpg

Summary

Map of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_5" class="extiw" title="en:April 5">April 5</a>-11, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815" class="extiw" title="en:1815">1815</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora" class="extiw" title="en:Mount Tambora">Mount Tambora</a> eruption, on the island

of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbawa" class="extiw" title="en:Sumbawa">Sumbawa</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" class="extiw" title="en:Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, with explosion path and fallout around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/caldera" class="extiw" title="en:caldera">caldera</a>. The red ring-areas are graduated bands of the thickness of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/volcano" class="extiw" title="en:volcano">volcanic</a> ashfall. The explosion had 4 times the energy of the later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa" class="extiw" title="en:Krakatoa">Krakatoa</a> eruption, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883" class="extiw" title="en:1883">1883</a>.

(Map is re-labeled with 14 & 12-size Arial font. The image is JPEG format, 9x times faster than the large PNG-format version, and is intended for use in frequently-read articles.)

Source: The base map was taken from NASA picture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Indonesia_BMNG.png" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Indonesia BMNG.png">:Image:Indonesia_BMNG.png</a> and the isopach maps were traced from Oppenheimer (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" class="extiw" title="en:2003">2003</a>).

Variation: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1815_tambora_explosion.png" class="extiw" title="en:Image:1815 tambora explosion.png">:Image:1815 tambora explosion.png</a> (12x slower file, small lettering).

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