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Camiguin de Babuyanes

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
712m
Last eruption
1857
Camiguin de Babuyanes is located in southern Camiguin Island in the Babuyan archipelago, north of Luzon Island, and is seen in this June 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top). At this point the island is around 5 km wide. The volcano includes the Camiguin edifice, along with Minabul and Caanoan cones to the N and E, respectively.
Camiguin de Babuyanes is located in southern Camiguin Island in the Babuyan archipelago, north of Luzon Island, and is seen in this June 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top). At this point the island is around 5 km wide. The volcano includes the Camiguin edifice, along with Minabul and Caanoan cones to the N and E, respectively. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Philippines
Region
Western Pacific / Luzon Volcanic Arc
Elevation
712m
Coordinates
18.830, 121.860
Last eruption
1857
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Forested Mount Camiguin occupies the SW tip of 22-km-long Camiguin Island in the Babuyan archipelago, north of Luzon Island.

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From Wikipedia

Camiguin de Babuyanes or Mount Camiguin, is an active stratovolcano on Camiguin Island which is part of the Babuyan Islands group that is located in Luzon Strait in the Philippines, north of the island of Luzon located in the municipality of Calayan in the province of Cagayan. The island has a population of 5,231 people in 2020. There has been only one single eruption by the volcano prior to 1857.

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Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1857 – 1857
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1857)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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1857~1857 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 218571857185818581858

Detailed timeline

  1. 1857VEI 2Observed
    1857-07-02 – end unknown
    SW flank

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