List of Active Volcano in Mindanao

LIST OF ACTIVE VOLCANO IN MINDANAO
NAME BRIEF BACKGROUND

MT. APO Apo volcano is the highest mountain in the Philippines, and its name means
"Master" or "Grandfather". There are no known historic eruptions, but the volcano
is considered still active.
BALATUKAN Balatukan (also known as Balingoan or Balatocan) is a massive compound
stratovolcano on the SW shore of Gingoog Bay, 15 km SW of Gingoog city in
north-central Mindanao, opposite Camiguin Island, Philippines.
Lava flows on its flanks are 140,000 years old and it is not known whether there
are younger volcanic products. Although the volcano still has fumarolic activity, it
might be extinct, as the strong degree of erosion of its flanks suggests. (ACTIVE)
BALUT Balut volcano (also known as Sanguil) is a small island of the Sarangani group
south of the Batulaki Peninsula at the south end of Mindanao Island in the
Philippines.
The age of the last activity on Balut volcano is unknown, but hot springs and
thermal areas are active on the W and SW flanks of the volcano.
HIBOK-HIBOK Hibok-Hibok volcano (also known as Catarman volcano) is the youngest and the
only historically active volcano on Camiguin Island, which is located 9 km off the
north coast of Mindanao Island, Philippines.
Camiguin island itself is a 292 sq km oblate, 20 km long island composed of 4
overlapping stratovolcanoes and some flank cones.
Eruptions of Hibok-Hibok volcano are often Pelean-type, i.e. dome building and the
generation of nuées ardentes (= hot pyroclastic flows generated by partial dome
collapse).
Prior to the 1948 eruption, sulfur was mined at the crater of Hibok-Hibok.
KALATUNGAN Kalatungan volcano (also known as Catatungan), is the second highest volcano in
the Philippines and located 47 km east of Lake Lana on Mindanao Island.
The dominantly basaltic volcano forms a broad E-W trending ridge. The age of its
last activity is unknown. LOCATION BUKIDNON (ACTIVE)
LATUKAN Latukan is a poorly known volcano SE of Lake Lanao, in NW Mindanao Island
(Philippines). The probably still active volcano lies in the center of a chain of young
E-W trending stratovolcanoes, between the active Ragang and Makaturing
volcanoes. The age of Latukan's last activity is unknown.
LEONARD RANGE Leonard Range (also known as Leonard Kniazeff) volcano is an andesitic-dacitic
volcanic complex with a 4x5 km caldera. It is located east of Davao Gulf in SE
Mindanao, east of the major N-S-trending Philippine Fault and belongs to the East
Mindanao Arc.
The last activity of Leonard Range probably occurred about 1800 years ago,
indicated by radiocarbon dating of charred wood found in a pyroclastic flow deposit
on the edge of the caldera.
The caldera contains Lake Leonard known for its abundance of fish species and as
a surviving habitat of the rare Philippine crocodile.
Several thermal areas and solfataras occur at Leonard Range.
MAKATURIING Makaturing is a stratovolcano at the shore of Illana Bay located about 40 km
South of Marawi city, in central Mindanao, Philippines.
It is part of the Central Mindanao Arc. Many eruptions reported from Makaturing
were actually from neighboring Ragang volcano, and there are only 2 confirmed
historic eruptions at Makaturing, the last being in 1882.
Makaturing volcano is densely vegetated at present, but there is solfataric activity
suggesting that the volcano is only dormant.
MALINDANG Malindang volcano is a stratovolcano on the western margin of Iligan Bay in north-
central Mindanao Island, 20 km NE of Tambulig, Philippines. It is part of the
Malindang National Park. The basaltic to andesitic Malindang stratovolcano
contains a small summit caldera. There are no known historic eruptions, but
legends tell of a large eruption in the past.
MATUTUM Matutum is a symmetrical stratovolcano located in southern Mindanao, NW of
Sarangani Bay and 30 km NNW of General Santos City.
The mountain, a popular hiking destination, has a well-preserved summit cone and
a 320 m wide and a vegetated 120 m deep summit crater. The crater is breached
by 3 large canyons.
MUSUAN Musuan volcano (also known as Calayo volcano) is an isolated lava dome near the
Pulangi River at the western base of Mt Tangkulan (1678 m) in Bukidnon Province
in central Mindanao, Philippines. The low cone is grass-covered and andesitic-to-
dacitic in composition.
Musuan last erupted in Dec 1886, as a Jesuit priest reported who visited the
volcano 4 years later in 1891, at which time there was still strong fumarolic
activity, which prevented closer examination.
PACO Paco volcano (also known as Manlayao) is located at the NE tip of Mindanao
Island, Philippines. It is an basaltic-dacitic stratovolcano truncated by 2 nested
calderas, 2.5 and 5 km in diameter. Paco is an inactive volcano, 524 metres in elevation,
located at 9°35.6' North, 125°31.1' East, in the province of Surigao del Norte, region of Caraga,
island of Mindanao
PARKER Parker volcano (also known as Falen locally) is a low, but steep-sided vegetated
stratovolcano located 30 km west of General Santos City, near the southern tip of
Mindanao Island, Philippines.
The andesitic-dacitic volcano contains a 2.9 km diameter summit caldera with a
lake, Lake Maughan (2 km diameter).
Parker was recently identified as the source of a major explosive eruption in 1641,
which caused devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars, and heavy ash fall and
darkness over Mindanao Island
BAGANG Ragang is an active stratovolcano 40 km SE of Marawi city, Mindanao Island,
Philippines. It is Mindanao's most active volcanoes and belongs to the Central
Mindanao Arc. Most of its historic eruptions were small explosive eruptions from
the summit crater.
The volcano has a deep summit crater with a prominent 3 km long lava flow
extending to the SE. The last confirmed eruption of Ragang volcano was in 1873.
NOTE:
STRATOVOLCANO- A stratovolcano is a tall, conical volcano composed of one layer of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash. These volcanoes are
characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions. The lava that flows from them is highly viscous, and cools and hardens before
spreading very far.
andesite and dacite - lavas that are cooler and more viscous than basalt .
Volcano - Volcano - Calderas: Most calderas—large circular or oval depressions more than 1 km (0.6 mile) in diameter—have been formed by
inward collapse ...

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