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Name of the volcano
Mayon Volcano
Latitude and Longitude
13.2548° N,
123.6861° E
Record of eruption
47 times
-Recorded eruptions. Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines, erupting over 47 times in the past 500 years. Historical observations accounted its first eruption in 1616. The first eruption for which an extended account exists was the six-day event of July 20, 1716.
Location (country/province)
Mayon, also known as Mount Mayon is located in "Albay in Bicol region, on the large island of Luzon in the Philippines.
Active or Inactive?
Mount Mayon is an Active stratovolcano.
Summit? (creater or caldera or both)
Mount Mayon called the world's most perfect volcanic cone because of the symmetry of its shape, has a base 80 miles (130 km) in circumference and rises to 8,077 feet (2,462 metres) from the shores of Albay Gulf.
Describe the slope
The volcano rises 2,462 m above the Albay Gulf. and has very steep upper slopes averaging 35-40 degrees capped by a small summit crater.
Cone shape
Conical
-Mount mayon, renowned for its almost symmetric conical shape.
Type of eruption
Phreatic
-The eruption was classified as phreatic by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). A volcano does not necessarily in just one way. For instance, Mayon volcano in Albay has had both phreatic and Pelean eruptions.
Type of magma
Augite
-The steepest upper slopes of the volcano reach an average slope gradient of 75%, while the lower foot slope is only an average of 3%. The volcanic crater is about 250 m in diameter. At least 85 lava flows have been identified, and consists mainly of 'A'ā augite-hypersthene-andesite, generally fed from the crater.
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