Albay: Bicol Region

Mayon, also known as Mount Mayon,[1] A perfect cone due to its symmetric shape and an active
volcano in the province of Albay in Bicol Region.

A popular tourist spot, it is renowned for "perfect" cone due to its symmetric shape, for which it
is often compared with the larger Mount Fuji of Japan. The volcano plays a significant role in
Philippine mythology, which usually features a folktale that explains its creation.[3]
Being the most active volcano in the Philippines with more than 30 eruptions recorded since
1616, Mayon's activity is constantly monitored by PHIVOLCS from their provincial
headquarters on Ligñon Hill, about 12 km from the summit.[
Mayon is the main landmark and highest point of the province of Albay and the whole Bicol
Region in the Philippines,
Mayon is a classic stratovolcano with a small central summit crater. The cone is considered the
world's most perfectly formed volcano for its symmetry.[6]
The concave profile, a hyperbolic sine curve of the volcano is due to the balance between erosion
and eruption, defined by the angle of repose of ash.
Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines, erupting over 47 times in the past 500 years.
[8]
Historical observations accounted its first eruption in 1616.[9] The first eruption for which an
extended account exists was the six-day event of July 20, 1766.[10][11]
1814 eruption
An old photograph of the Cagsawa ruins with the façade still standing. The church was largely
destroyed during the 1814 eruption of Mayon. Only the bell tower exists today.
Its most destructive recorded eruption occurred on February 1, 1814 (VEI=4).[9][12] Lava flowed
but less than the 1766 eruption. The volcano belched dark ash and eventually bombarded the
town of Cagsawa with tephra that buried it.[9][12] Trees burned, and rivers were certainly damaged.
Proximate areas were also devastated by the eruption, with ash accumulating to 9 m in depth. In
Cagsawa town, about 1,200 locals perished in what is considered to be the most lethal eruption in
Mayon's history according to PHIVOLCS.[9][12] The eruption is believed to have contributed to
the accumulation of atmospheric ash together with the catastrophic 1815 eruption of other
volcanoes like Indonesia's Mount Tambora, leading to the Year Without a Summer in 1816.
Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains, located on the tripoint
boundary of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga.
The 1991 caldera afterwards filled with water from annual monsoon rains and a crater lake, Lake
Pinatubo, was formed. In 1992,
Mount Bulusan is a stratovolcano, a cone-shaped volcano which has one or several summit
craters.
It is the Philippines’ fourth most active volcano
Mount Banahaw is recognized as "Holy Mountain" and it is sacred for many Filipinos
especially for the local people living in the said provinces. Mount Banahaw is a potentially active
volcano on Luzon in the Philippines. The three-peaked volcano complex is located in Quezon
province. It is the highest mountain in Quezon and Calabarzon region dominating the landscape
for miles around.
The morphologically young Iraya volcano is the most prominent feature of the 20-km-long Batan
island. It has a 1.5-km-wide summit crater largely filled by a younger cone that forms the
present-day summit. 2 older volcanoes form the rest of Batan Island:
Iraya belongs to the Babuyan Segment, the least evolved of 4 segments of the Luzon volcanic
arc. It has developed on the western part of the Philippine plate, where the South China oceanic
and Eurasian plates are being subducted along the Manila Trench.
There are three volcanoes on Batan Island. Iraya volcano is located in the north of the island and
has been active since Late Pleistocene.
Taal Volcano) is a large caldera filled by Taal Lake in the Philippines.

with 34 recorded historical eruptions, all of which were concentrated on Volcano Island, near the
middle of Taal Lake
The morphologically young Iraya volcano is the most prominent feature of the 20-km-long Batan
island. It has a 1.5-km-wide summit crater largely filled by a younger cone that forms the
present-day summit. 2 older volcanoes form the rest of Batan Island:
Iraya belongs to the Babuyan Segment, the least evolved of 4 segments of the Luzon volcanic
arc. It has developed on the western part of the Philippine plate, where the South China oceanic
and Eurasian plates are being subducted along the Manila Trench.
There are three volcanoes on Batan Island. Iraya volcano is located in the north of the island and
has been active since Late Pleistocene.

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Mayon, also known as Mount Mayon,[1] A perfect cone due to its symmetric shape and an active

volcano in the province of Albay in Bicol Region.

Taal Volcano) is a large caldera filled by Taal Lake in the Philippines.

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