Editing Mount Tambora (section)

== Geographical setting ==
[[File:tambora volc.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Mount Tambora and its surroundings as seen from space]]
[[File:View of Mount Rinjani from Mount Tambora - Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia.jpg|thumb|View of [[Mount Rinjani]] from Mount Tambora. Viewing distance is {{convert|165|km|mi}}.|alt=]]

Mount Tambora, also known as Tomboro,<ref name="SynonymsSubfeatures"/> is situated in the northern part of [[Sumbawa]] island, part of the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Tambora |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mount+Tambora/@-8.6752767,117.7484235,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x2dca2ce36910d79b:0x939651610d8ff4ba!8m2!3d-8.2479246!4d117.991101 |access-date=2021-03-04 |website=Mount Tambora |language=en |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930120248/https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mount+Tambora/@-8.6752767,117.7484235,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x2dca2ce36910d79b:0x939651610d8ff4ba!8m2!3d-8.2479246!4d117.991101 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a segment of the [[Sunda Arc]], a chain of [[volcanic island]]s that make up the southern chain of the Indonesian [[archipelago]].<ref name="Foden1986">{{cite journal |title=The petrology of Tambora volcano, Indonesia: A model for the 1815 eruption |last=Foden |first=J. |journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research |volume=27 |issue=1–2 |date=1986 |pages=1–41 |doi=10.1016/0377-0273(86)90079-X |bibcode=1986JVGR...27....1F}}</ref> Tambora forms its own [[peninsula]] on Sumbawa, known as the Sanggar peninsula. To the north of the peninsula is the [[Flores Sea]]<ref name="Oppenheimer2003">{{cite journal |last=Oppenheimer |first=Clive |title=Climatic, environmental and human consequences of the largest known historic eruption: Tambora volcano (Indonesia) 1815 |journal=Progress in Physical Geography |volume=27 |issue=2 |date=2003 |pages=230–259 |doi=10.1191/0309133303pp379ra |bibcode=2003PrPG...27..230O |s2cid=131663534}}</ref> and to the south is the {{convert|86|km|mi}} long and {{convert|36|km|mi}} wide [[Saleh Bay]].<ref name="Degens1989">{{cite journal |last1=Degens |first1=E.T. |last2=Buch |first2=B. |title=Sedimentological events in Saleh Bay, off Mount Tambora |journal=Netherlands Journal of Sea Research |volume=24 |issue=4 |doi=10.1016/0077-7579(89)90117-8 |pages=399–404 |date=1989 |bibcode=1989NJSR...24..399D}}</ref> At the mouth of Saleh Bay there is an islet called Mojo.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dekov |first1=V.M. |last2=Van Put |first2=A. |last3=Eisma |first3=D. |last4=Van Grieken |first4=R. |title=Single particle analysis of suspended matter in the Makassar Strait and Flores Sea with particular reference to tin-bearing particles |journal=Journal of Sea Research |date=March 1999 |volume=41 |issue=1–2 |page=45 |doi=10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00035-5 |bibcode=1999JSR....41...35D}}</ref>

Besides the [[seismologist]]s and [[vulcanologist]]s who monitor the mountain's activity, Mount Tambora is an area of interest to [[archaeologist]]s and [[biologist]]s. The mountain also attracts tourists for [[hiking]] and wildlife activities,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sinarharapan.co.id/feature/hobi/2003/0430/hob1.html |title=Hobi Mendaki Gunung – Menyambangi Kawah Raksasa Gunung Tambora |publisher=Sinar Harapan |language=id |date=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107162228/http://www.sinarharapan.co.id/feature/hobi/2003/0430/hob1.html |archive-date=7 January 2007 |access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref> though in small numbers.<ref name="Boers1995"/> The two nearest cities are [[Dompu]] and [[Bima]]. There are three concentrations of villages around the mountain slope. At the east is Sanggar village, to the northwest are Doro Peti and Pesanggrahan villages, and to the west is Calabai village.<ref name="vsimain" />

There are two routes of ascent to the [[caldera]]. The first begins at Doro Mboha village on the southeast of the mountain and follows a paved road through a [[cashew]] plantation to an elevation of {{convert|1150|m|ft}}. The road terminates at the southern part of the caldera, which at {{convert|1950|m|ft}} is reachable only by hiking.<ref name="vsimain">{{cite web |url=http://merapi.vsi.esdm.go.id/?static/volcano/tambora/main.html |title=Tambora, Nusa Tenggara Barat |author=Nasution, Aswanir |publisher=Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Indonesia |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120305/http://merapi.vsi.esdm.go.id/?static%2Fvolcano%2Ftambora%2Fmain.html |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref> This location is only one hour from the caldera, and usually serves as a base camp from which volcanic activity can be monitored. The second route starts from Pancasila village at the northwest of the mountain and is only accessible on foot.<ref name="vsimain"/> The {{convert|16|km|mi|0|adj=on}} hike from Pancasila at {{convert|740|m|ft}} elevation to the caldera of the volcano takes approximately 14 hours with several stops (''pos'') en route to the top. The trail leads through dense jungle with wildlife such as ''[[Elaeocarpus]]'', [[Asian water monitor]], [[reticulated python]], [[Accipiter|hawks]], [[orange-footed scrubfowl]], [[pale-shouldered cicadabird]] (''Coracina dohertyi''), [[brown honeyeater|brown]] and [[scaly-crowned honeyeater]], [[yellow-crested cockatoo]], [[yellow-ringed white-eye]], [[helmeted friarbird]], [[wild boar]], [[Javan rusa]] and [[crab-eating macaque]]s.<ref name="TamboraWildlife">{{cite web |last=Febriyanto |first=Erwin |date=18 October 2015 |url=https://tamboraku.blogspot.com/2015/10/potensi-gunung-tambora.html |title=Potensi Gunung Tambora |language=id |access-date=2 August 2018 |archive-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604212955/https://tamboraku.blogspot.com/2015/10/potensi-gunung-tambora.html |url-status=live }}</ref>