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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 ...
Flat Landing Brook; VEI 8, A Supervolcanic eruption occurred 466 million years ago, as it erupted in one of the largest explosive volcanic eruptions known in Earth's history with a volume of ejecta at around 2,000–12,000 cubic kilometers (480–2,879 cu mi). The Phanerozoic eon begins 539 million years ago. [91]
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 ...
A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...
Mount Tavurvur [2] Papua New Guinea 1994 5 Tavurvur, and nearby Vulcan, erupted and devastated Rabaul; however, due to planning for such a catastrophe, the townsfolk were prepared and only five people were killed. One of the deaths was caused by lightning, a feature of volcanic ash clouds. [3] 4 Láscar [4] Chile 1993 4 Mount Spurr [5]
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 ...
Mount Pinatubo Luzon Volcanic Arc 12.5 Unknown 1050 BCE 3 Maraunot eruptive period 5 Hekla Iceland 7.5 1100 BCE ±50 H3 tephra 5 Mount Tarawera: Taupō Volcanic Zone: 8 1310 BCE ±12 Kaharoa eruption 5 Mount Fuji: Honshū: 1 1350 BCE Tephra layer Os 5 Avachinsky: Kamchatka: 1.75 Unknown 1350 BCE 3.3 Tephra layer IIAV3 6 Taupō Volcano
Campanian volcanic arc: Unknown 15.7 5 Mount Vesuvius Campanian volcanic arc 1.3 19.3 Green Pumice: 7 Long Island, PNG Bismarck Volcanic Arc 100 19.3 Kiau Ignimbrite 7 Zavaritzki Caldera: Simushir, Kuril Islands: 200 20 6 Rabaul: Bismarck Volcanic Arc >10 21 Kulau Ignimbrite 6 Menengai: Great Rift Valley, Kenya: 26.1 21 Caldera formation 2 6