Mount Kanlaon

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Mount Kanlaon, a highly active volcano in the Philippines, erupted recently, releasing significant ash and smoke over Negros Island, prompting safety warnings.

About Mount Kanlaon

• Mount Kanlaon, also called Kanlaon Volcano, is a stratovolcano located on the island of Negros, Philippines. 
• It is the tallest mountain on Negros Island and in the Visayas region, standing about 2,465 meters (8,087 feet) above sea level. 
• It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines and part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
• The volcano comprises a number of pyroclastic cones and craters.
• The summit contains a broad, elongated caldera with a crater lake, with a smaller but more active crater to the south.
• The base of Kanlaon covers an area of 30 km x 14 km. 
• It is underlain by tropical volcanic materials composed of sheeted lava flows, lahar deposits, airfall tephra, and apron pyroclastic materials.
• It is biologically diverse; and home to a number of species of flora and fauna.
• The slopes are also headwater catchments of major river systems on the entire Negros Island.
• Volcanic Activity:
  • It has erupted more than 30 times since 1819. 
  • Most of its eruptions are phreatic, which means they are caused by steam and produce small to medium amounts of ash. 
  • This ash usually falls around the volcano.

Source: TN

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