List of active volcanoes in the Philippines

For a list of Philippine mountains which include those classified as active volcanoes, see List of mountains in the Philippines.

As of 2018, the Philippines has 24[1] volcanoes listed as active by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Twenty-one of these have had historical eruptions. The three exceptions are Cabalian, which is a strongly fumarolic volcano;[further explanation needed] Leonard Kniaseff, which was active 1,800 years ago (C14),[2] and Isarog, which last erupted around 3500 BCE and 2374 BCE ± 87 based on radiocarbon dating[3][4][5]

Volcanoes in the country have erupted within the last 600 years, with accounts of these eruptions documented by humans; or have erupted within the last 10,000 years (Holocene). There are 100 volcanoes in the Philippines listed by the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) at present,[6] of which 20 are categorized as "historical" and 59 as "Holocene".[6] The GVP lists volcanoes with historical, Holocene eruptions, or possibly older if strong signs of volcanism are still evident through thermal features like fumaroles, hot springs, mud pots, etc.[7]

  1. ^ Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. "Volcanoes of the Philippines". Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "List of Active Volcanoes". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). July 30, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Smithsonian Institution. "Isarog". Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Admin, Bicolmail Web (September 16, 2022). "It is official: Mt. Isarog is active". bicolmail. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  5. ^ Daita, Timothy John E. (January 1, 2020). "Paleomagnetic determination of pyroclastic density current deposits in Tagongtong and Bagumbayan Grande, Goa, Camarines Sur, Philippines and the identification of Isarog volcano's latest eruption age". Virtual GeoCon.
  6. ^ a b "Volcanoes of the Philippines and Southeast Asia". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  7. ^ "Volcano Data Criteria". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 18, 2011.