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Mount Apo is the highest mountain peak in the Philippines, ... The volcanic history of Mount Apo is poorly known but eruptions have produced andesitic-to-dacitic lava ...
The Apo–Talomo Range (also known as Mount Talomo) or Talomo Mountain Range in the provinces of Davao del Sur and Cotabato on the island of Mindanao contains the Philippines' highest peak: Mount Apo, at (9,692 ft (2,954 m)). [4] Mount Talomo (8,773 ft (2,674 m)) is one of the top 15 highest mountains in the Philippines. In terms of climbing ...
The Apolaki Caldera is a volcanic caldera with a diameter of 150 kilometers (93 mi), making it the world's largest caldera. It is located within the Benham Rise (Philippine Rise) and was discovered in 2019 by Jenny Anne Barretto, a Filipino marine geophysicist and her team.
Mount Pulag is the only place that hosts the four cloud rat species. It is one of the most biodiverse locations in the Philippines, with the newly found (since 1896) 185-grams dwarf cloud rat , Carpomys melanurus , a rare breed (endemic to the Cordillera), and the Koch pitta bird among its endangered denizens.
Mount Apo – the tallest and largest mountain in the Philippines and an expansive sacred mountain for the Manobos, Bagobo, Ubos, Atas, Kalagan and Tagacaolo peoples; the mountain is often referred as "grandfather" or "elder"; [36] some ethnic peoples there offer sacrifices to the deity, Mandarangan, for good health and victories in war; [37 ...
Mount Apo: 2954: Apo–Talomo: Joaquin Rajal, Joseph Montano, Mateo Gisbert, and companions [26] [27] 7 Aug 1802: Monte Perdido: 3355: Pyrenees: Grégoire Taulat dit Rondo, Laurens and a shepherd [28] 13 Aug 1804 * Mount Katahdin: 1608: Appalachians: William Howe, Amos Patten, Joseph Treat, Samuel 6Call, William Rice, Richard Winslow, and ...
Mayon Volcano in Albay, The most active volcano in the Philippines, famous for its perfect symmetrical cone shape. Mount Pinatubo in Zambales . The catastrophic June 1991 eruption, which formed a caldera, later filled by a crater lake , had global environmental effects.
Mount Kitanglad was proclaimed a protected area under the natural park category through Presidential Proclamation 896 dated October 24, 1996. [12] On November 9, 2000, Mount Kitanglad finally became a full-fledged protected area when Congress approved Republic Act 8978 also known as the "Mt. Kitanglad Range Protected Area Act of 2000." [13]