Babuyan Claro Volcano

Babuyan Claro Volcano
Mount Pangasun
Highest point
Elevation1,007 m (3,304 ft)[1]
Prominence1,007 m (3,304 ft)
ListingActive volcanoes in the Philippines
Coordinates19°31′24″N 121°56′24″E / 19.52333°N 121.94000°E / 19.52333; 121.94000[2]
Geography
Babuyan Claro is located in Luzon
Babuyan Claro
Babuyan Claro
Babuyan Claro is located in Philippines
Babuyan Claro
Babuyan Claro
CountryPhilippines
RegionCagayan Valley
ProvinceCagayan
City/municipalityCalayan
Geology
Age of rock2.32+/-0.35 Ma – 1480+/-50 B.P
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arcBabuyan (Bashi) Segment of Luzon-Taiwan Arc
Last eruption1924
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Babuyan Claro Volcano, also known as Mount Pangasun, is an active volcano located on Babuyan Island, the northernmost of the Babuyan group of islands in Luzon Strait, north of the main island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is classified as one of the active volcanoes of the country with the last confirmed eruption in 1860.[2]

Babuyan Claro in the background and Smith Volcano foreground.

The volcano is politically located in the similarly-named Barangay of Babuyan Claro, in the Municipality of Calayan, Cagayan province, in the Cagayan Valley Region (Region II) of the country.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference phivolcs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Babuyan Claro". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved December 30, 2009.