Mount Kalatungan

Mount Kalatungan
Mount Kalatungan

Location of Mount Kalatungan in the Philippines

Highest point
Elevation 2,824 m (9,265 ft)[1][2]
Prominence 1,502 m (4,928 ft)[3][4]
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 7°57′18″N 124°48′09″E / 7.95500°N 124.80250°E / 7.95500; 124.80250Coordinates: 7°57′18″N 124°48′09″E / 7.95500°N 124.80250°E / 7.95500; 124.80250[1]
Geography
Location Bukidnon, Philippines
Parent range Kalatungan Mountain Range
Geology
Age of rock Holocene[1]
Mountain type Stratovolcano[1]
Last eruption Unknown[1]

Mount Kalatungan, also known as Catatungan,[1] is a volcanic mountain located in the province of Bukidnon in the southern Philippines. It is a stratovolcano with no known historical eruptions and classified by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) as a potentially active volcano.

It is the sixth highest mountain in the country with an elevation of 2,824 m (9,265 ft) asl. It is one of the several high elevation peaks in the Kalatungan Mountain Range in Bukidnon on the island of Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mount Kalatungan Profile Global Volcanism Program". National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian). Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  2. "The highest mountains in the Philippines". Pinoy Mountaineer. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  3. de Ferranti, Jonathan; Maizlish, Aaron. "Philippine Mountains - 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater". Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  4. "Kalatungan Mountains High Point, Philippines". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-11-05.

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