This property of both nitro and nitrate groups is because their thermal decomposition yields molecular nitrogen N 2 gas plus considerable energy, due to the high strength of the bond in molecular nitrogen.
Mount Ararat (16,940 feet, 5165 m) is the largest volcano in Turkey. Although not currently active, its most recent eruption has probably been within the last 10,000 years.
Mount Tambora is an active volcano in Indonesia. The 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora was the largest in recorded history and killed more than 71,000 people.