Isarog
| Isarog | ||
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 Mount Isarog |
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| height | 1966 m | |
| location | Camarines Sur , Luzon Island , Philippines | |
| Coordinates | 13 ° 39 '16 " N , 123 ° 22' 56" E | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
The Isarog is a 1966 meter high stratovolcano , about 280 km southeast of Manila . It is located in the Philippines on the island of Luzon in the province of Camarines Sur in the Bicol region about 20 km northeast of the city of Naga . The Mount Isarog National Park was founded in 1938 and covers the entire mountain over an area of 99.71 km².
Its base diameter is given as 32.5 km, its rock is classified as augite - andesite . On its mountain slopes there are geothermal springs that come out with a temperature of 30 to 55 ° C, sometimes the temperatures reach over 80 ° C. For this reason, the Isarog is described as a potentially active volcano. However, there is no written evidence of an eruption in the past 500 years.
See also
Web links
- Isarog in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- PhiVolcs