{"id":23970,"date":"2026-08-18T11:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23970"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:00:07","slug":"mount-kanlaon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mount-kanlaon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Kanlaon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mount Kanlaon Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent emission from Kanlaon Volcano produced a grayish plume that rose approximately 200 meters above the summit crater before drifting north. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Kanlaon<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>active stratovolcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the <\/span><b>Philippines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>tallest mountain on Negros Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the highest peak in the <\/span><b>Visayas region, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">standing about 2,465 meters (8,087 feet) above sea level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pacific-ring-of-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Ring of Fire<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is dotted with<\/span><b> fissure-controlled pyroclastic cones and craters, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">many of which are <\/span><b>filled by lakes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>summit <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contains a broad <\/span><b>elongated northern caldera with a crater lake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a smaller, but higher,<\/span><b> historically active crater to the south.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The base of Kanlaon covers an area of 30 km x 14 km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is underlain by tropical volcanic materials composed of sheeted lava flows, lahar deposits, airfall tephra, and apron pyroclastic materials.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>biologically diverse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and home to a number of species of flora and fauna.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>slopes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are also<\/span><b> headwater catchments of major river systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the entire Negros Island.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Volcanic Activity:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has erupted more than <\/span><b>30 times since 1819.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Most of its eruptions are phreatic,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which means they are <\/span><b>caused by steam and produce small to medium amounts of ash.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ash usually <\/span><b>falls around the volcano.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/item\/philippines-kanlaon-volcano-sends-200-meter-ash-plume-into-the-sky\/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX09XU0hCQzExNzYzODQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">REUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Kanlaon is a stratovolcano located on the island of Negros, Philippines. 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