Mount Ragang
Mount Ragang | |
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Mount Piapayungan | |
Highest point | |
Ultra | |
Coordinates | 7°41′40″N 124°30′27″E / 7.69444°N 124.50750°E[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Mindanao |
Country | Philippines |
Regions | |
Province | Lanao del Sur |
Parent range | Piapayungan Range |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | July 1916 |
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 Lanao del Sur.
Location
Mount Ragang is located on south of Lanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro autonomous region.
Physical features
Ragang has an elevation of 2,815 metres (9,236 ft) and a base diameter of 32 km (20 mi).
It is the most active volcano on Mindanao, and is part of a string of volcanoes in what
Pacific ring of fire
.
Eruptions
There is still some confusion on the number of times Ragang has erupted. The
Makaturing
were those of Ragang.
See also
- List of mountains in the Philippines
- List of Ultras of the Philippines
- List of Southeast Asian mountains
- List of volcanoes in the Philippines
- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
References
- ^ a b "Ragang". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ de Ferranti, Jonathan; Maizlish, Aaron (c. 2005). "Philippines Mountains: 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 Meters or Greater". Peaklist. Retrieved March 11, 2013.