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How tall is Mount Tambora?

Mount Tambora rises about 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level.

What is measured: summit elevation above sea level

Mount Tambora (2,850 m) drawn to scale beside the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) and Mount Everest (8,849 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km), Mount Tambora (2,850 m) and Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 32% of the height of Mount Everest
  • About the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 3.4× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 8.6× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 31× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Mount Tambora

Mount Tambora’s 1815 eruption was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history and caused the global ‘Year Without a Summer.’

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program — Tambora; Encyclopaedia Britannica — Mount Tambora

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Mount Tambora
Mount Taranaki2,518 m (8,261 ft)0.88×
Mount St. Helens2,549 m (8,363 ft)0.89×
Iguazu Falls2.7 km (1.68 mi)0.95×
Mount Paektu2,744 m (9,003 ft)0.96×
Mount Roraima2,810 m (9,219 ft)0.99×
Mount Tambora2,850 m (9,350 ft)this page
Mount Merapi2,910 m (9,547 ft)1×
Mount Olympus (Greece)2,918 m (9,573 ft)1×
Cerro Torre3,128 m (10,262 ft)1.1×
Haleakalā Summit Depression3.2 km (1.99 mi)1.1×

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