Halcon (mountain)

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Halcon
Mount Halcon.jpg
height 2582  m
location Mindoro Island , Philippines
Coordinates 13 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 13 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 120 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
Halcon (Mountain) (Philippines)
Halcon (mountain)
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The Halcon is the highest mountain on Mindoro Island in the Philippines . It reaches an altitude of 2582 meters above sea level and is located in the province of Oriental Mindoro near the municipality of Naujan .

It originated in the Eocene when the Palawan microplate collided with the Philippine fault zone belonging to and upstream of the Philippines plate , on which the Philippine archipelago is located. The rock is referred to as pre-Jurassic to Jura Halcon transformation rock . This is the oldest rock on the island of Mindoro and consists mainly of soapstone , phyllite and small amounts of minerals and other metamorphic rocks . This rock formation extends from the north-western mountains to the central areas of the island.

The Halcon forms the boundary between two microclimates on the island, which enables a great variety of plants. The western slopes have a seasonal climate with pronounced rainy and dry seasons, while the steeply sloping eastern slopes of the mountain have a humid climate, with heavy rains spread over the year. The Halcon and the surrounding mountains form an important water resource for the lowland agricultural areas of the island.

On the eastern, lower mountain slopes, flat rainforests extend up to approx. 1,000 meters, above this a mountain forest up to an altitude of 1,700 meters and a mountain rainforest up to 2,200 meters. Above it up to the summit the mountain is characterized by bush and heather vegetation. On the western mountain slopes, the Parang vegetation extends, a savannah vegetation interspersed with smaller forests of deciduous trees and Mindoro pines, which only reach a height of 10 to 12 meters.

The area around the mountain is an important refuge for endangered bird species such as the plateau dove ( Gallicolumba platenae ), the Mindoro fruit pigeon ( Ducula mindorensis ), the spotted fruit pigeon ( Ducula carola ), the red-tailed cockatoo ( Cacatua haematuropygia ), the Mindorokukuck ( Centropus steerii ) , the Mindoro hornbill ( Penelopides mindorensis ), the Mindoro thrush ( Zoothera cinerea ) or the Mindoromistle eater ( Dicaeum retrocinctum ). The largest mammal is the tamarau ( Bubalus mindorensis ), which lives in the southeast of the mountain. Newly discovered species such as Apomys gracilirostris or a species related to the Rajah rats ( Maxomys ) have also been documented.

In the area around the Halcon live the indigenous tribes of the Iraya Mangyan and Alangan, who are part of the indigenous population of the island of Mindoro.

The area around the Halcon is not a nature or landscape protection area, but it is on the list of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for reforestation, as parts of the lowland rainforest were destroyed by slash and burn in the early 1990s.

A Japanese survivor of the Battle of Mindoro was discovered at Halcon in April 1980, the soldier Fumio Nakahara . He survived undetected in a small hut for 35 years since the fighting ended.

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