Mount Cabuyao

Mount Cabuyao
Mount Kabuyao
Mount Cabuyao with the landmark two satellite dishes on its summit
Highest point
Elevation2,025 m (6,644 ft)[1]
Prominence84 m (276 ft)
Coordinates16°21′23″N 120°33′32.8″E / 16.35639°N 120.559111°E / 16.35639; 120.559111
Geography
Mount Cabuyao is located in Luzon
Mount Cabuyao
Mount Cabuyao
Mount Cabuyao is located in Philippines
Mount Cabuyao
Mount Cabuyao
CountryPhilippines
RegionCordillera Administrative Region
ProvinceBenguet
City/municipalityTuba
Parent rangeCordillera Central
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Mount Cabuyao (alternatively spelled as Mount Kabuyao) is a mountain in the Philippines located in the municipality of Tuba in the province of Benguet. Its summit, rising to more than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level,[1][2] overlooks the city of Baguio. It is commonly mistaken as Mount Santo Tomas, a taller mountain just beside it.[1]

Due to its high elevation, several communications companies constructed relay stations and radars at the summit.[3] A private observatory and AA radar station, once operated by the US Armed Forces stationed in the country, is also located here. A water catchment area was constructed to supply water to the City of Baguio and nearby towns. A small community of farmers live at the top of the mountain.[4] A town hall and a school was built for them by the local government.

  1. ^ a b c "Mt. Cabuyao (2,025 +) / Mt. Sto. Tomas (2,256 +)". Pinoy Mountaineer. April 19, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  2. ^ Tupaz, Voltaire (May 6, 2012). "Bikers race to raise funds for Cordillera forests". Rappler. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  3. ^ "List of Field Stations, Northern Luzon PRSD". PAGASA. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "La Trinidad mayor wants more farmers to engage in strawberry production". DWDD (1134 kHz Metro Manila). March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.