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Mount Makaturing

Makaturing

Stratovolcano · Philippines · 1818m

Several prominent pyroclastic cones are visible on the flanks of Makaturing volcano (left of center), located NE of Illana Bay (lower left) and south of Lake Lanao (upper left) at the west end of a chain of volcanoes in central Mindanao. Eruptions from this volcanic chain have variously been attributed to Makaturing and the historically active Ragang.
Several prominent pyroclastic cones are visible on the flanks of Makaturing volcano (left of center), located NE of Illana Bay (lower left) and south of Lake Lanao (upper left) at the west end of a chain of volcanoes in central Mindanao. Eruptions from this volcanic chain have variously been attributed to Makaturing and the historically active Ragang. · Photo: NASA Landsat image, 2003 (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Philippines
Region
Western Pacific Volcanic Regions / 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. Eruptions at one time attributed to Makaturing were ascribed to neighboring Ragang volcano to the east by the Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World (Neumann van Padang, 1953), but PHIVOLCS has listed many eruptions for Makaturing. A dense cover of vegetation suggests long quiescence, but solfataric activity continues.

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

Summary (VEI over time)
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1856~1859 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?1864~1866 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21879~1882 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?18561861186918741879

Detailed timeline

  1. 1882VEI ?Observed
    1882 – Ongoing
  2. 1865VEI 2Observed
    1865 – Ongoing
  3. 1858VEI ?Geological estimate
    1858 – Ongoing
  4. 1856VEI ?Geological estimate
    1856 – Ongoing

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