{"id":23970,"date":"2026-02-20T11:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23970"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:14:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:44:55","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<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Kanlaon, a highly active volcano in the Philippines, erupted recently, releasing significant ash and smoke over Negros Island, prompting safety warnings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Kanlaon<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Kanlaon, also called Kanlaon Volcano, is a <\/span><b>stratovolcano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located on the <\/span><b>island of Negros, Philippines.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the t<\/span><b>allest mountain on Negros Island and in the Visayas region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, standing about 2,465 meters (8,087 feet) above sea level.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>active <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">volcanoes in the Philippines and part of the <\/span><b>Pacific Ring of Fire.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The volcano comprises a number of<\/span><b> pyroclastic cones and craters.<\/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 <\/span><b>broad, elongated caldera with a crater lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a smaller but more active crater to the south.<\/span><\/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 <\/span><b>underlain by tropical volcanic materials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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 <\/span><b>erupted more than 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 stea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">m and <\/span><b>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>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesnownews.com\/world\/mt-kanlaon-eruption-sends-massive-plumes-of-smoke-and-ash-across-the-philippines-negros-island-watch-article-153648247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TN<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Kanlaon is a stratovolcano located on the island of Negros, Philippines. 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