Mount Ragang

Mount Ragang
Mount Ragang
Mount Piapayungan
	Mount Ragang Location within the Philippines
Highest point
Elevation	2,815 m (9,236 ft)
Prominence	1,590 m (5,220 ft)
Listing	Active volcano; Ultra;
Coordinates	7°41′40″N 124°30′27″E / 7.69444°N 124.50750°E
Geography
Location	Mindanao
Country	Philippines
Regions	Bangsamoro; Soccsksargen;
Province	Lanao del Sur
Parent range	Piapayungan Range
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	July 1916

Mount Ragang, also called Mount Piapayungan and Blue Mountain by the local people, is an active stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines. With an elevation of 2,815 metres (9,236 ft), it is the seventh highest mountain in the Philippines and the highest point in the Lanao del Sur province.

Location

Mount Ragang is located in the southern part of Lanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro autonomous region.

Physical features

Ragang has an elevation of 2,815 metres (9,236 ft) and a base diameter of 32 km (20 mi).

It is the most active volcano on Mindanao, and is part of a string of volcanoes in what volcanologists call the Central Mindanao Arc. It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines, which are all part of the Pacific ring of fire.

Eruptions

There is still some confusion on the number of times Ragang has erupted. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology lists eight eruptions, with the last one occurring in July 1916. However, the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanology Programs, citing the Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World (Neumann van Padang, 1953), suggests that some eruptions attributed to nearby Makaturing were those of Ragang.

References

^ ^a ^b "Ragang". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
^ de Ferranti, Jonathan; Maizlish, Aaron (c. 2005). "Philippines Mountains: 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 Meters or Greater". Peaklist. Retrieved March 11, 2013.

External links

[gvp-1] "Ragang". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

[peaklist-2] Ferranti, Jonathan; Maizlish, Aaron (c. 2005). "Philippines Mountains: 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 Meters or Greater". Peaklist. Retrieved March 11, 2013.

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v t e Ten highest mountains in the Philippines
Mount Apo (2,954 m or 9,692 ft) Mount Dulang-dulang (2,941 m or 9,649 ft) Mount Pulag (2,926 m or 9,600 ft) Mount Kitanglad (2,899 m or 9,511 ft) Mount Tabayoc (2,842 m or 9,324 ft) Mount Kalatungan (2,824 m or 9,265 ft) Mount Ragang (2,815 m or 9,236 ft) Mount Maagnaw (2,742 m or 8,996 ft) Mount Timbak (2,717 m or 8,914 ft) Mount Amuyao (2,702 m or 8,865 ft)
See also: List of mountains in the Philippines

Location

Physical features

Eruptions

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