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Mayrhofen is situated near the Hintertux glacier, which, at 3,250 metres (10,660 feet) above sea level, is above the snowline. [3] Skiing is available all year round here. Mayrhofen sits between the Penken and the Ahorn mountains which provide ski runs in the winter and mountain biking, hiking and paragliding in the summer. The Ahorn offers ...
This is a list of points in the Philippines that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation, extreme distances, and other points of geographic interest. Republic Act No. 9522 of 2009, [1] defines the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines.
The following is an incomplete list of mountains in the Philippines. Several of these are volcanoes, formed by subducting tectonic plates surrounding the archipelago. [1]
Some locations have no dry season (meaning, all months have an average rainfall of above 60 mm (2.4 in)) and certain higher-altitude areas can have a subtropical climate. Manila and most of the lowland areas are hot and dusty from March to May. Even at this time, however, temperatures rarely rise above 37 °C (98.6 °F).
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level varies in different countries due to different reference points and historic measurement periods.
Mount Apo is the highest mountain peak in the Philippines, with an elevation of 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level.A large solfataric, dormant stratovolcano, it is part of the Apo-Talomo Mountain Range of Mindanao island.
The andesitic Banahaw volcanic complex is composed of several stratovolcanoes with Mount Banahaw, the largest with a maximum elevation of 2,170 metres (7,119 ft) above mean sea level. The summit is topped by a 1.5 by 3.5 kilometres (0.93 mi × 2.17 mi) and 210 metres (690 ft) deep crater that is breached on the southern rim believed to have ...
It is centered around Mount Iniaoan, a conical mountain which is the highest in the province at an altitude of 5,204 feet (1,586 m). [5] Lake Nunungan at 1,535 metres (5,036 ft) is one of the highest lakes in the Philippines and is also found within the park. [ 6 ]