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Mount Ragang, also called Mount Piapayungan and Blue Mountain by the local people, is an active stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines.With an elevation of 2,815 metres (9,236 ft), it is the seventh highest mountain in the Philippines and the highest point in the Lanao del Sur province.
At 2,954 meters (9,692 ft), Mount Apo is the highest mountain (peak) and volcano in the Philippines. It is one of the country's most popular hiking/climbing destinations. The first two attempts to reach Mt. Apo's summit ended in failure: that of Jose Oyanguren (1852) and Señor Real (1870).
Mount Kalatungan, also known as Keretungan by the indigenous Manobo people, is a volcano located in the province of Bukidnon in the southern Philippines.It is a stratovolcano with no known historical eruptions and classified by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) as a potentially active volcano. [2]
It is limited to mountain peaks with, if known, an elevation of at least 200 metres (660 feet) above sea level, and may include those considered as hills. The distinction between a hill and a mountain in terms of elevation is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be less tall and less steep than a mountain. [2]
Mount Sembrano is a volcano located between Rizal and Laguna of the Calabarzon region in the Philippines. It is situated about 60 kilometers (37 mi) east by road from the capital city of Manila. Mount Sembrano as seen from Boulevard, Barangay Wawa, Pililla, Rizal (Laguna de Bay).
It has two hot springs, called Acmonan and Linan, 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) west-southwest of the volcano. Adjacent volcanic edifices are Landayao, Tampad, and Albulhek, which are all west of the volcano, and Magolo to the north. There is a well-preserved 320-metre (1,050 ft) wide crater at the volcano's summit.
Mount Macolod (other spelling: Maculot) is a dormant stratovolcano located in the municipality of Cuenca, Batangas in the Philippines. Popular with mountain climbers and campers, it is the main tourist attraction of Cuenca. The mountain is sacred to both Christians and Anitists.
The Spaniard mistook the girl and thought the mountain was called Matindig, and unable to enunciate Tagalog, he called it Malindig. [citation needed] Malindig is considered a potentially active volcano, [3] in part because of the solfataric springs of Malbog. Its unique location, at the heart of Southern Tagalog, creates a panorama that ...