Cagua
| Cagua | ||
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 The wooded crater that Cagua. |
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| height | 1133 m | |
| location | Philippines , Luzon Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Sierra Madre | |
| Coordinates | 18 ° 13 '18 " N , 122 ° 7' 24" E | |
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| Type | active stratovolcano | |
| rock | Basalt , basaltandesite | |
| Last eruption | 1860 | |
Cagua (or Mount Cagua ) is an active stratovolcano on the Philippine peninsula of Luzon , which lies in the mountain range of the northern Sierra Madre .
The municipality of Gonzaga is in the immediate vicinity . The volcano, which is at least 600,000 years old and 1133 meters high, has five hot springs within a radius of 10 kilometers . In 1860 there was a phreatic explosion at Cagua , possibly accompanied by a pyroclastic current . In 1907 there was stronger Solfatari activity. The lava of Cagua consists of basalt and basaltandesite .
Web links
Commons : Cagua - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Cagua in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Cagua at the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ( PHIVOLCS , English)