volcanoes

• Taal Volcano


  World's smallest active volcano
• Taal Volcano


  • Located in Taal Lake
  • 1020 feet high
  • 30 eruptions in the last 500 years
  • Second most active in the Philippines
  • 47 craters
  • Shield volcano, submarine volcano, phreatic eruption
• First eruption of Taal Volcano

  1572
• Longest/greatest eruption of Taal Volcano (200 days)

  1754, May 15 - December 12
• Latest eruption of Taal Volcano

  2022, March 26
• Mount Kanlaon


  • Located in Negros Occidental and Oriental
  • Stratovolcano, active, typically phreatic
  • 1902 - strombolian eruption
  • 30 eruptions since 1819
  • 2 summit cones (each one with crater)
• Latest eruption of Mount Kanlaon

  December 20, 2017
• Mount Bulusan


  • Located in Sorsogon, Bicol Region
  • Composite volcano, continental, phreatic and pelean eruption
  • 1852 - first eruption
  • 1918 - only time it erupted lava
  • Has 4 craters (4th crater is the most active)
• Latest eruption of Mount Bulusan

  June 12, 2022
• Mount Makaturing


  • Also known as Palaw o Magatoring
  • BARMM Region
  • Located in Central Mindanao Arc, Lanao del Sur
  • Active, continental, strombolian, stratovolcano
  • 10 eruptions according to PhilVOCS, 2 confirmed according to Smithsonian
• Eruptions of Mount Makaturing

  1765, 1856, 1858, 1882
• Mount Makaturing was discovered by Thomas Forrest (Scottish navigator)
• Mount Ragang

  • Also known as Mount Piapayungan, Blue Mountain, Sleeping Lady
  • Located in Lanao Del Sur, included in Central Mindanao Arc
  • 2,815 ft high
  • Active, composite, strombolian, continental
• Eruptions of Mount Ragang


  1765, 1916
• Gideon Lasco was the first to climb Mount Ragang
• Didicas Volcano


  • Located in Cagayan, NE Camiguin Island
  • Cinder cone, submarine volcano, strombolian, active
• First and latest eruptions of Didicas Volcano


  1773, 1978
• Didicas Volcano has had 6 recorded eruptions
• Hibok-Hibok


  • Also known as Catarman
  • Located on Camiguin Island
  • Youngest volcano
  • Pelean, continental, active, composite
  • Has 3 craters (kanang-kaan, itum, ilahan)
• Eruptions of Hibok-Hibok


  1862, 1871-1875, 1948-1953
• Dequey Volcano


  • Located in Batanes Islands, Luzon Strait
  • Composite, active, submarine
• Eruptions of Dequey Volcano

  October 1773, 1850, January 15, 1854
• Theories about Dequey Volcano

  • Plate Tectonics Theory
  • Oceanic-Oceanic Plate Convergence
  • Oceanic-Oceanic Plate Divergence
• Babuyan Claro


  • Also known as Mount Pangasun
  • Located in Babuyan Islands
  • Active, cinder cone, continental, strombolian
• Confirmed eruptions of Babuyan Claro


  1831, 1860
• Mount Banahaw


  • Located in Laguna and Quezon
  • Active, composite, continental
• Eruptions of Mount Banahaw

  1539, 1730, 1843, 1909
• Mount Musuan

  • Also known as Mount Calayo (Fire Mountain)
  • Located in Bukidnon, Maramag
  • Lava dome and tuff cone, continental, phreatic (according to historical records) strombolian (according to volcanic feature)
  • Grass covered, hot spring included
• Latest eruption of Mount Musuan


  1886-87
• Mount Pinatubo


  • Located in Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga
  • Active, stratovolcano, continental, plinian
• Seismic waves at Mount Pinatubo

  April 1991
• First eruption of Mount Pinatubo


  June 12, 1991
• Second largest volcanic eruption in the 20th century at Mount Pinatubo


  June 15, 1991
• Impacts of Mount Pinatubo eruption: Ash Coverage, Widened Rivers, Mushroom Clouds, Caldera Collapses, Cooling effect in Climate