Active Volcanoes of Philipppines

Volcanoes 

Volcanoes are cone shaped hills or mountains

that are formed near a vent that is connected

to a reservoir of molten rock, or magma.

The meaning of the word volcano

is the vent that molten rock, gases, and

solid objects are expelled from the earth. 

When the pressure deep inside a volcano

is strong enough, then an eruption occurs. 

During an eruption, magma, tephra, and other

materials are forced out of the volcano.

Some eruptions are mild, but others are violent

and dangerous. During a mild eruption only ash

and smoke might exit the volcano. Violent

eruptions send large boulders and rocks

crashing down the side of the volcano along 

with extremely heated ash and gases.

Ash and other debris from the volcano can 

extend high into the atmosphere and 

spread over hundreds of miles away.

Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active

 strato volcano in the province of Albay, in the Bicol Region, 

on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.Renowned as the "perfect cone" 

because of its almost symmetrically conical shape, Mayon forms the

 northern boundary of Legazpi City.Local folklore refers to the volcano 

as Bulkang Magayon (Filipino: 'Magayon Volcano'),

after the legendary heroine Daragang Magayon (Bikol: 'Lady Beautiful').

On October 13, 2008 it was included in New 7 Wonders of Nature Top 10 list.

However, it did not make the cut to the Top 25 finalists, giving way to the

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, another site in the Philippines.

Tagatay rises 700 mtr. high on a ridge overlooking Taal Volcano,

a volcano within a lake. Taal Volcano, in the Philippines, 

was originally a huge volcano,that towered18,000 feet up into the sky.

 It has been called the smallest active volcano,

 because it seems small now, but many people

don't realize that it is one of the largest volcanos in the world.

It is located about 70-km south of Manila on an island

 inside a lake called Taal Lake.

Kanlaon Volcano, or Mount Kanlaon (also spelled Canlaon), 

is a strato volcano on Negros island in the Philippines.

 It is found between the provinces of Negros Occidental

 and Negros Oriental in the Visayas region (10°24.7'N, 123°7.9'E), 

approximately 36 km southeast of Bacolod City. 

Mt. Kanlaon is the highest point in Negros

Island and a base diameter of 30 km.

Kanlaon has an elevation of 2,435 meters and

 a base diameter of30 km and is dotted with

 pyroclastic cones and craters. The summit of Kanlaon 

contains a broad elongated northern caldera with a 

crater lake. A smaller but moreactive crater lies in the south.

The volcano has three hot springs on its slopes:

 Mambucal Hot Springs on the northwest, 

Bucalan Hot Spring, Bungol Hot Spring. It’s adjacent volcanic

 edifices are Mt. Silay and Mt. Mandalagan, north of Kanlaon. 

Canlaon City now stands beside the mountain.

Mt Bulusan is located in the inner district of Sorsogon 

where a jeepney takes you to its town and a tricycle

 to its entry site. Bulusan Lake- a lake often mistaken

 as the volcano’s main crater. It is in fact a body of 

emerald green water by the peripheral crater surrounded

 by a dense gathering of trees and lush tropical plants.

 If not planning to hike farther to the volcano’s summit,

 a refreshing one hour walk around this lake is a 

worth-trying activity. 

And consider it as the beginning 

of a more interesting adventure if moving farther ahead. 

Expect challenging heights of thicker dense forest on the

 way that surprisingly emerge to an open field of towering 

grass carpeting the surroundings towards the old crater 

valley called Agingay. This hike promises an extreme

 jungle experience but without the threat of distressing incidents.

 Mount Makaturing – Lanao del Sur

Not as popular as the Taal and Mayon volcanoes but Mount Makaturing, 

one of the ‘top ten highest mountains in the Philippines, 

is also one of the most active volcanoes in the  country. 

It has an elevation of 1,940 meters and had erupted 10 times since 1882.

With an elevation of 646 meters only, it is one of

 the most active volcanoes in the Philippines and had

 erupted 8 times in a span of 21 years from 1866 to 1887.

 Its last threatening activity of strong seismic swarm 

occurred in 1976 but has not erupted since then.