Philippines · Stratovolcano
Mount Makaturing
Makaturing
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1818m
- Last eruption
- 1882
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Western Pacific / Mindanao Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1818m
- Coordinates
- 7.644, 124.317
- Last eruption
- 1882
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Mount Makaturing is the central edifice in the Butig Mountains S of Lake Lanao in central Mindanao that includes a complex of volcanic cones and craters stretching 10 km E and 15 km WSW.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Makaturing, also known locally as Palaw a Magatoring, is a stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines. It is located in the province of Lanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Makaturing has an elevation of 1,940 metres (6,365 ft) and a base diameter of 29 km (18 mi). It is part of a string of volcanoes called the Central Mindanao Arc.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 2
- Span of confirmed record
- 1865 – 1882
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1865)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1882VEI ?Observed1882-07-02 – end unknown
- 1865VEI 2Observed1865-07-02 – end unknown
- 1858VEI ?Method not stated1858-07-02 – end unknown
- 1856VEI ?Method not stated1856-07-02 – end unknown
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