Mount Kalatungan, also known as Catatungan,[1] is a volcanic mountain located in the provinceofBukidnon 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 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,860 m (9,380 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 1,502 m (4,928 ft)[3][4] |
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Coordinates | 7°57′18″N 124°48′09″E / 7.95500°N 124.80250°E / 7.95500; 124.80250[1] |
Geography | |
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Country | Philippines |
Region | Northern Mindanao |
Province | Bukidnon |
Cities and municipalities |
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Parent range | Kalatungan Mountain Range |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Holocene[1] |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano[1] |
Last eruption | Unknown[1] |
It is the fifth highest mountain in the country with an elevation of 2,860 m (9,380 ft) asl. It is one of the several high elevation peaks in the Kalatungan Mountain RangeinBukidnon on the island of Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines.
The mountain is part of the ancestral domain of the Indigenous Talaandig people.[5]
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