ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN MINDANAO

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Mindanao's Active Volcanoes

Bud Dajo

(Tausug: Būd Dahu; Spanish: Monte Dajó), is the second highest point (+600m) in the province of Sulu, Philippines. it is one of the cinder cones that make up the island of Jolo and part of the Jolo Volcanic Group in the Republic of the Philippines.[2] The extinct volcano is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast from the town of Jolo in Sulu province. The mountain and adjacent lands were declared as Mount Dajo National Park in 1938.

Hibok-Hibok volcano
stratovolcano 1552 m / 5,092 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 9.2°N / 124.67°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Hibok-Hibok volcano (also known as Catarman volcano) is the youngest and the only historically active volcano on Camiguin Island, which is located 9 km off the north coast of Mindanao Island, Philippines.
Camiguin island itself is a 292 sq km oblate, 20 km long island composed of 4 overlapping stratovolcanoes and some flank cones.
Eruptions of Hibok-Hibok volcano are often Pelean-type, i.e. dome building and the generation of nuées ardentes (= hot pyroclastic flows generated by partial dome collapse).
Prior to the 1948 eruption, sulfur was mined at the crater of Hibok-Hibok.

Leonard Range volcano
stratovolcano 1080 m / 3,543 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 7.38°N / 126.05°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Leonard Range (also known as Leonard Kniazeff) volcano is an andesitic-dacitic volcanic complex with a 4x5 km caldera. It is located east of Davao Gulf in SE Mindanao, east of the major N-S-trending Philippine Fault and belongs to the East Mindanao Arc.
The last activity of Leonard Range probably occurred about 1800 years ago, indicated by radiocarbon dating of charred wood found in a pyroclastic flow deposit on the edge of the caldera.
The caldera contains Lake Leonard known for its abundance of fish species and as a surviving habitat of the rare Philippine crocodile.
Several thermal areas and solfataras occur at Leonard Range.

Makaturing volcano
stratovolcano 1940 m / 6,365 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 7.65°N / 124.32°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Makaturing is a stratovolcano at the shore of Illana Bay located about 40 km South of Marawi city, in central Mindanao, Philippines.
It is part of the Central Mindanao Arc. Many eruptions reported from Makaturing were actually from neighboring Ragang volcano, and there are only 2 confirmed historic eruptions at Makaturing, the last being in 1882.
Makaturing volcano is densely vegetated at present, but there is solfataric activity suggesting that the volcano is only dormant.

Matutum volcano
stratovolcano 2286 m / 7,500 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 6.37°N / 125.07°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Matutum is a symmetrical stratovolcano located in southern Mindanao, NW of Sarangani Bay and 30 km NNW of General Santos City.
The mountain, a popular hiking destination, has a well-preserved summit cone and a 320 m wide and a vegetated 120 m deep summit crater. The crater is breached by 3 large canyons.

Musuan volcano
lava dome 646 m / 2,119 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 7.88°N / 125.07°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Musuan volcano (also known as Calayo volcano) is an isolated lava dome near the Pulangi River at the western base of Mt Tangkulan (1678 m) in Bukidnon Province in central Mindanao, Philippines

Ragang volcano
stratovolcano 2815 m / 9,235 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 7.7°N / 124.5°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Ragang is an active stratovolcano 40 km SE of Marawi city, Mindanao Island, Philippines. It is Mindanao's most active volcanoes and belongs to the Central Mindanao Arc. Most of its historic eruptions were small explosive eruptions from the summit crater.
The volcano has a deep summit crater with a prominent 3 km long lava flow extending to the SE.
The last confirmed eruption of Ragang volcano was in 1873.

Parker volcano
stratovolcano 1824 m / 5,984 ft
Mindanao, Philippines, 6.11°N / 124.89°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Parker volcano (also known as Falen locally) is a low, but steep-sided vegetated stratovolcano located 30 km west of General Santos City, near the southern tip of Mindanao Island, Philippines.
The andesitic-dacitic volcano contains a 2.9 km diameter summit caldera with a lake, Lake Maughan (2 km diameter).
Parker was recently identified as the source of a major explosive eruption in 1641, which caused devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars, and heavy ash fall and darkness over Mindanao Island. The 1641 eruption was one of 3 large explosions of Parker volcano within the past 3800 years. It created the present-day summit caldera.
The eruption style of Parker volcano is similar to Pinatubo volcano, which had a Plinian eruption in 1991.