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Mount Makiling (also spelled Maquiling) is an inactive stratovolcano located in the provinces of Laguna and Batangas on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.The mountain rises to an elevation of 1,090 meters (3,580 ft) above mean sea level and is the highest feature of the Laguna Volcanic Field.
Maria Makiling, more properly Mariang Makiling, is a diwata in Philippine mythology, associated with Mount Makiling in Laguna, Philippines.She is the most widely known diwatà in Philippine mythology [1] and was venerated in pre-colonial Philippines as a goddess known as Dayang Masalanta or Dian Masalanta who was invoked to stop deluges, storms, and earthquakes.
From Manila, it is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast to Mount Makiling, its most prominent volcanic feature. The field is composed of over 200 dormant and monogenetic maars, crater lakes, scoria cones, and stratovolcanoes, the tallest of which is Mount Makiling at 1,090 m (3,580 ft) in elevation.
Mount Makiling, located on the southwest rim of Laguna de Bay, is a 16-kilometer-diameter stratovolcano that reaches 1115 meters above sea level. The cone is formed by a pyroclastic flow , lahar , airfall, and lava deposits.
The National Arts Center is a building complex situated in Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, the Philippines.The establishment was inaugurated in 1976. Its theater is the Tanghalang Maria Makiling or the NAC Center, which has an audience capacity of 1,000 people.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Municipality in Laguna, Philippines For the city in Merced County, California, see Los Banos, California. Municipality in Calabarzon, Philippines Los Baños Municipality Municipality of Los Baños From top, left to right: Mount Makiling, Immaculate Conception Parish Church, Tadlac lake ...
Mount Makiling – a sacred mountain in southern Luzon, believed to be the abode of Makiling, a goddess sent by Tagalog supreme deity Bathala to aid mankind in the area; the mountain is highly associated with the gifts of nature; due to its importance, various religious sects have made the mountain an annual pilgrimage site [57]
Mount Makiling's peaks as seen from Sison's Hill inside the UP Los Banos campus. The two American deans, Copeland and Baker, studied the vegetation of Mount Makiling, which is the best scientifically studied mountain of the country, with materials dating back to the time of the Malaspina Expedition in 1789. [8]