Monday, September 22, 2014

Volcanoes and Mountains In Philippines

Speaking of Mt. Mayon's eruption threat, here are the volcanoes in  Philippines

Mayon Volcano
  1. Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active volcano in the province of Albay, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. 
  2. Elevation2,463 m
  3. Prominence2,447 m

Mount Pinatubo
  1. Mount Pinatubo is an infrequently active stratovolcano in the Cabusilan Mountains on the island of Luzon, near the tripoint of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga. 
  2. Elevation1,486 m
  3. Prominence1,486 m
  4. Taal Volcano
Taal Volcano is a complex volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines with 33 historical eruptions.
      1. Elevation311 m


Mount Hibok-Hibok
  1. Mount Hibok-Hibok is a stratovolcano on Camiguin Island in the Philippines. It is one of the active volcanoes in the country and part of the Pacific ring of fire. 
  2. Elevation1,332 m
Mount Bulusan
Mount Bulusan, or Bulusan Volcano, is the southernmost volcano on Luzon Island in the Republic of the Philippines. Wikipedia 
  1. Elevation1,565 m
  2. Prominence1,547 m
Mount Banahaw
  1. Mount Banahaw is an active volcano on Luzon in the Philippines. The three-peaked volcano complex is located between the provinces of Laguna and Quezon and is the tallest mountain in the CALABARZON region dominating the landscape for miles around. 
  2. Elevation2,170 m
  3. Prominence1,919 m

Kanlaon Volcano
  1. Kanlaon Volcano, also spelled as Kanla-on or Canlaon, is an active volcano on Negros island in central Philippines. 
  2. Elevation2,435 m
  3. Prominence2,435 m
  1. Babuyan Claro Volcano
  2. Babuyan Claro Volcano, also known as Mount Pangasun, is a volcano located on Babuyan Island, the northernmost of the Babuyan group of islands in Luzon Strait, north of the main island of Luzon in the Philippines. 
    1. Elevation843 m

  1. Camiguin de Babuyanes
  1. Camiguin de Babuyanes is an active stratovolcano on Camiguin Island, part of the Babuyan Islands group that is located in Luzon Strait, north of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 
  2. Elevation712 m
Mount Ragang
  1. Mount Ragang, also called Mount Piapayungan and Blue Mountain by the local people, is a stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines. It is the seventh highest mountain in the Philippines. Wikipedia 
  2. Elevation2,815 m
  3. Prominence1,590 m
Biliran
  1. Biliran is an solfataric active volcano and a volcanic island located in Biliran Province of the Eastern Visayas Region, in Visayas islands group of the central Philippines. It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. Wikipedia 
  2. Elevation1,301 m
  3. Area555.4 km²
Mount Makaturing
  1. Makaturing, is a stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines. It is found in the province of Lanao del Sur in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Makaturing has an elevation of 1,940 metres and a base diameter of 29 km. 
  2. Elevation1,940 m
  1. Mount Matutum
  1. Matutum is an active volcano, approximately 5.7 km from Acmonan, Tupi, South Cotabato, Philippines. 
  2. Elevation2,286 m
  3. Prominence1,950 m
  1. Didicas Volcano
  1. Didicas Volcano is an active volcanic island in the province of Cagayan in northern Philippines. The island, which was a submarine volcano and re-emerged from the sea in 1952.
  2. Elevation228 m

  1. Cagua Volcano
  1. Cagua Volcano is one of the active volcanoes of the Philippines. It has erupted twice in recorded history. 
  2. Elevation1,133 m
Mount Binuluan
  1. Mount Binuluan is a remote volcano in the Kalinga province of the Cordillera Administrative Region Region of the Philippines. 
  2. Elevation2,329 m
Mount Iraya
  1. Iraya is an active volcano in the Philippines. 
  2. Elevation1,009 m

  1. Mount Apo
  2. Mount Apo is a large solfataric, potentially-active stratovolcano in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. 
  3. Elevation2,954 m
  4. First ascentOctober 10, 1880
  5. Prominence2,954 m
Mount Arayat
  1. Mount Arayat is an extinct stratovolcano on Luzon Island, Philippines, rising to a height of 1,026 metres There is no recorded eruption of the volcano, and its last activity probably dates to the Holocene era.
  2. Elevation1,026 m
  3. Prominence1,000 m
Bud Dajo
  1. Bud Dajo, is one of the cinder cones that make up the island of Jolo and part of the Jolo Volcanic Group in the Republic of the Philippines. The extinct volcano is located 8 kilometres southeast from the town of Jolo in Sulu province. 
  2. Elevation620 m
  3. Prominence620 m




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