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Babuyan Claro

Stratovolcano · Philippines · 1064m

Babuyan (also called Smith volcano) in the foreground is one of five Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic centers occupying Babuyan de Claro Island N of Luzon. The symmetrical scoria cone is the youngest volcano on the island. Both the higher Babuyan Claro (Mt. Pangasun) and Babuyan have apparently been active in historical time, although the identity of the erupting volcano is not always certain.
Babuyan (also called Smith volcano) in the foreground is one of five Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic centers occupying Babuyan de Claro Island N of Luzon. The symmetrical scoria cone is the youngest volcano on the island. Both the higher Babuyan Claro (Mt. Pangasun) and Babuyan have apparently been active in historical time, although the identity of the erupting volcano is not always certain. · Photo: Photo by Bing Ramos, 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Didicas_Volcano_1.jpg). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Philippines
Region
Western Pacific Volcanic Regions / Luzon Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1064m
Coordinates
19.524, 121.950
Last eruption
1924
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Multiple Quaternary volcanic centers occupy Babuyan de Claro Island north of Luzon. The largest edifice is Babuyan Claro (Mount Pangasun) at the center of the island, a stratovolcano with a 500-m-diameter summit crater and a smaller crater on the upper E flank. An older edifice lies just 1.5 km WSW, but the basaltic andesite Smith volcano (Mount Babuyan), about 4 km ENE of the summit, is the youngest volcanic feature on the island. Eruptions from Smith were recorded most recently during 1907-1924. Askedna Hot Spring is located at the southern base of Babuyan Claro.

From Wikipedia

Babuyan Claro Volcano, also known as Mount Pangasun, is an active volcano located on Babuyan Island, the northernmost of the Babuyan group of islands in Luzon Strait, north of the main island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is classified as one of the active volcanoes of the country with the last confirmed eruption in 1860.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1652~1679 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31842~1870 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21897~1924 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 216521706178818421897

Detailed timeline

  1. 1924VEI 2Observed
    1924 – Ongoing
    Smith volcano
  2. 1919VEI 2Observed
    1919-05 – Ongoing
    Smith volcano
  3. 1918VEI 2Observed
    1918-05-17 – 1918-05-19
    Smith volcano
  4. 1917VEI 2Observed
    1917 – Ongoing
    Smith volcano
  5. 1913VEI 2Geological estimate
    1913 – Ongoing
    Babuyan Claro
  6. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907 – Ongoing
    Smith volcano
  7. 1860VEI 2Observed
    1860 – Ongoing
    Babuyan Claro
  8. 1652VEI 3Observed
    1652 – Ongoing
    Smith volcano

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