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The Mayon Volcano Natural Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region (Region 5) on southeast Luzon Island, the largest island of the country.The Natural park covers an area of 5,775.7 hectares (14,272 acres), which includes its centerpiece Mayon Volcano, the most active volcano in the Philippines, and its adjacent surroundings. [1]
Mayon (Central Bikol: Bulkan Mayon; Tagalog: Bulkang Mayon, IPA:), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol, Philippines. A popular tourist spot, it is renowned for its "perfect cone" because of its symmetric conical shape , and is regarded as sacred in Philippine mythology .
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Location: Philippines Date: 1984 Photographer: Randy C. Bunney. Mayon Volcano overlooks a pastoral scene some five months before the volcano's violent eruption in September 1984. Ruins from a nearby church destroyed in an 1814 eruption are visible in the foreground.
The Philippines’ most active volcano was spewing lava down its slopes on Monday, prompting officials to warn tens of thousands of villagers to be prepared to flee from their homes if the gentle ...
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 ...
The area within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon's crater is supposed to be off-limits due to possible volcanic emissions, lava flows, rockfalls and other hazards.
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