Earth:Mount Panay

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Mount Panay
Mount Panay is located in Philippines
Mount Panay
Mount Panay
Location within the Philippines
Highest point
Elevation501 m (1,644 ft) [1][2]
Listingpotentially active volcano
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 13°43′23″N 120°53′35″E / 13.723°N 120.893°E / 13.723; 120.893
Geography
LocationLuzon
CountryPhilippines
RegionCalabarzon
ProvinceBatangas
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltLuzon Volcanic Arc
Last eruptionMiddle Pleistocene
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Mount Panay is a potentially active stratovolcano located in the province of Batangas, Philippines .

Geography

Panay is located south of Taal Lake, in the province of Batangas, Philippines .

It is located at the southern end of the Calumpang Peninsula, which forms the western side of Batangas Bay, at latitude 13.723°N (13°43'24"N), longitude 120.893°E (120°53'36"E).

Physical features

Panay is a forested, low, andesitic stratovolcano, on the western side of Batangas Bay, which could be a breached caldera inundated by the sea.

Panay has an elevation of 501 metres (1,644 feet) asl.

Panay is reported to be strongly solfataric at present.

Eruptions

Last eruptive activity is thought to be Pleistocene, about 500,000 years ago.[2]

There have been no historical eruptions.

Geology

Rock type is predominantly andesite.

Tectonically, Panay lies at the intersection of two major regional trends, the Bataan Lineament and the Palawan-Macolod Lineament.

Batangas Bay, which includes Panay, may be a drowned caldera.

Listings

Smithsonian Institution lists Panay as Pleistocene - Fumarolic.[2]

Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lists Panay as Inactive.[1]

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