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Kalatungan

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Country:Philippines
Subregion Name:Philippines - Mindanao
Volcano Number:0701-061
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status:Holocene?
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 2824 m 9,265 feet
Latitude: 7.95°N 7°57'0"N
Longitude: 124.80°E 124°48'0"E

Kalatungan volcano, also known as Catatungan, is the second highest in the Philippines. The dominantly basaltic volcano forms a broad east-west trending volcanic ridge in central Mindanao east of Lake Lanao. The 2824-m-high stratovolcano was listed as "potentially active" (with possible Holocene activity) by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (2004-). The date of the last eruption of Kalatungan is not known.

Global Volcanism ProgramDepartment of Mineral SciencesNational Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian Institution

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