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The volcano is a favorite spot for mountain climbers and is the centerpiece
of Mount Kanlaon Natural Park, a national park originally established on
August 8, 1934. It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines and part of
the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Type of Volcano: Stratovolcano
Biliran Volcano in Biliran
Biliran volcano comprises the whole 20x35 km Island of Biliran which is formed
by a group of lava domes. It is located across the narrow Biliran Strait from the
northern tip of Leyte Island.
Biliran volcano is at the northern end of a 170 km long volcanic chain extending
SSE to Panaon Island.
The only known historic activity took place on 26 September 1939 and consisted
of a phreatic explosion accompanied possibly by a debris avalanche. Ash fell in
Caibiran town 12 km to the E.
There are many fumarole fields, hot springs, mud pools and thermal areas on
Biliran.
Type of Volcano: Compound Volcano
Mandalagan Volcano in northern Negros
Island,
Mandalagan volcano in northern Negros Island, Central Philippines, is an eroded
dominantly andesitic-dacitic volcanic complex. It is formed by 7 volcanic edifices
and has at least 5 craters of up to 2 km in diameter, some of which are probably
calderas. The age of its last eruptions, which produced a thin basalt lava flow, is
unknown.
Mandalagan has very active fumaroles in at least 11 locations.
One fumarole field is particularly powerful. It emits a high-temperature (106
degrees C) plume to 30 m height accompanied by a roaring noise like a high-
pressure geothermal borehole.
Mandalagan volcano is part of the northern Negros volcanic arc which also
contains Mt Silay (1534 m), Mt Kanlaon (2465 m). Mt Mandalagan volcanoes.