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WHAT IS A VOLCANO?

#tbgradeschoolA VOLCANO IS...

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Volcanoes are openings in the earth's crust created when molten material under the crust is propelled upward through the surface. The magma chamber collects the magma that is expelled to the surface in an eruption.

Philippine and World Volcanoes

(brace yourselves for we are about to meet hot lava mommas)

Mt. CabaluyanMount Cabaluyan volcano is located on the SE tip of Leyte Island, Philippines. It is is an andesitic stratovolcano with steep radial erosion valleys and ridges that are moderately to thickly vegetated. It contains a summit crater filled by a lake. 

Mt. CocoroCocoro is next to Cocoro Island and is located in Province of Palawan, Mimaropa, Philippines.

Mt. Kanlaon

The country's largest active volcano and Visayas' highest mountain is Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island. As the highest mountain in the Visayas, it is majestic. As the country's largest active volcano, it is fearsome. Its 1996 eruption killed 7 mountaineers - in an account vividly recalled to the blogger by Rey Castellos, the guide who rescued some of the foreign climbers and witnessed the eruption, barely making it alive.

Mt. MayonMayon, the most famous of the active volcanoes of the Philippines, is a perfect stratovolcano rising to 2462 m on Luzon Island. It erupts very frequently.

Mt. SmithSmith Volcano, also known as Mt. Babuyan, is a cinder cone on one of the Babuyan Islands off northern Luzon island in the Philippines. It has erupted 6 times, the last of which was on 1924. A team of volcanologists visited last July 8, 1993 but found no activity and recorded no volcanic earthquakes.

Mt. IrayaDubbed as the "Mountain of Winds", Mt. Iraya stands majestically in the northern part of Batan Island in the province of Batanes. The dormant volcano is meters away from the sole airport of the island located at the capital Basco.

Mt. TaalTaal volcano with its lake-filled 15x20 km wide Talisay (Taal) caldera is a beautiful caldera volcano, but also one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes of the Philippines.

Mt. PeleeA dormant volcano situated in the Caribbean island of Martinique. In 1902, it erupted in a massive horizontal explosion sending huge clouds of ash released towards the nearby town of Saint-Pierre.

Mt. FujiyamaPopularly known as Mount Fuji, is an active volcano which last erupted in 1708. It is incidentally the tallest mountain in Japan. It is an iconic volcano. Mount Fuji is 3,776 meters high and it is snow clad throughout the year, with five lakes surrounding it. Currently in a state of dormancy, there has not been any eruption reported for more than 300 years. Mount Fuji is now a popular tourist location with a large number of climbers actively scaling the mountain top.

Mt. KrakatoaA dormant volcano in Indonesia, which awakened and produced one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in 1883. So massive was the eruption that the sound of it was heard as far away as Australia. It’s widely reported as the loudest sound heard in recorded history.

Mauna LoaMauna Loa, world's largest mountain and volcano, is an archetype of a basaltic shield volcano in its late mature stage of life, and only about 600,000-1,000,000 years old. Although not erupting as frequently as its younger neighbour Kilauea, it is also one of the most active volcanoes of the world. When it erupts, its eruptions are usually huge and produce large rivers of lava that have repeatedly threatened the town of Hilo. 

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