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Mayon (Central Bikol: Bulkan Mayon; Tagalog: Bulkang Mayon, IPA:), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol, Philippines. A popular tourist spot, it is renowned for its "perfect cone" because of its symmetric conical shape , and is regarded as sacred in Philippine mythology .
It was formally inaugurated on October 30, 1992, and is the third largest regional branch of the National Museum. It houses a collection of photographs of the volcanic eruptions of Mount Mayon as well as various geological and archeological exhibits. [6]
Location: Philippines Date: 1984 Photographer: Randy C. Bunney. Mayon Volcano overlooks a pastoral scene some five months before the volcano's violent eruption in September 1984. Ruins from a nearby church destroyed in an 1814 eruption are visible in the foreground.
A gentle eruption of the Philippines’ most active volcano that has forced nearly 18,000 people to flee to emergency shelters could last for months and create a protracted crisis, officials said ...
Mount Mayon's unrest has displaced about 75,500 people, the majority of whom are in evacuation centers, where children lined up for meals.
Volcanoes in the country have erupted within the last 600 years, with accounts of these eruptions documented by humans; or have erupted within the last 10,000 years . There are 100 volcanoes in the Philippines listed by the Smithsonian Institution 's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) at present, [ 6 ] of which 20 are categorized as "historical ...
More than 13,000 people have left the mostly poor farming communities within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon Volcano’s crater in mandatory evacuations since volcanic activity increased ...
1888 eruption of Mount Bandai: 426 Anak Krakatoa: 3 Indonesia: 2018 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami: 416 Ruang: 2 Indonesia: 1871 1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami: 400+ Kilauea: 4 Hawaii, United States: 1790 Keanakakoi eruption: 350 to 400 Mount Mayon: 4 Philippines: 1897 [22] 353 Mount Merapi: 4 Indonesia: 2010 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi: 340 ...