Mount Kalatungan
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.
| Mount Kalatungan | |
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| Mount Calatungan | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,824 m (9,265 ft) [1][2] |
| Prominence | 1,502 m (4,928 ft) [3][4] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 7°57′18″N 124°48′09″E [1] |
| Geography | |
.svg.png)  Mount Kalatungan .svg.png) Mount Kalatungan | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Northern Mindanao |
| Province | Bukidnon |
| Cities and municipalities | |
| Parent range | Kalatungan Mountain Range |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Holocene[1] |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano[1] |
| Last eruption | Unknown[1] |
| Climbing | |
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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
- "Mount Kalatungan Profile Global Volcanism Program". National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian). Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- "The highest mountains in the Philippines". Pinoy Mountaineer. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- de Ferranti, Jonathan; Maizlish, Aaron. "Philippine Mountains - 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater". Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- "Kalatungan Mountains High Point, Philippines". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
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