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Kanlaon, also known as Mount Kanlaon and Kanlaon Volcano (Hiligaynon: Bolkang Kanglaon; Cebuano: Bolkang Kanglaon; Filipino: Bulkang Kanlaon), is an active andesitic stratovolcano and the highest mountain on the island of Negros in the Philippines, as well as the highest peak in the Visayas, with an elevation of 2,465 m (8,087 ft) above sea level. [1]
The Philippines' Kanlaon volcano erupted for nearly four minutes, shooting ash 2.5 miles into the sky and prompting the emergency evacuation of some 87,000 people.
Mount Kanlaon, a 2,435m volcano, has erupted over 40 times since 1866. It last erupted in June this year, sending hundreds of villagers to emergency shelters. Another eruption in 1996 killed at ...
Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island Region, Philippines began erupting on June 3, 2024, when an explosive eruption from its summit vent spewed ash over parts of Bago, La Carlota, La Castellana and Canlaon. As a result, evacuations were ordered for five barangays near the volcano.
Hundreds of residents living near Mount Kanlaon were ordered to evacuate after the volcano erupted, sending a three-mile tall (five kilometers) ash column into the sky that caused dozens of ...
Eruptions were recorded from 1886 to 2006. On November 23, 2015 the volcano had a small, steam-driven explosion. PHIVOLCS raised the alert level to 1 (mild restiveness). Last eruption was on December 9, 2024 which PHIVOLCS classified as phreatic eruption. Kanlaon ejected about 3 kilometers high column of pyroclastic ash and incandescent materials.
Kanlaon, one of the country's two dozen active volcanoes, last erupted in December 2017, Bacolcol said. The Philippines is in the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where volcanic activity and earthquakes ...
Sunset taken at Kanlaon Volcano's slope Canlaon is 166 kilometres (103 mi) from the provincial capital Dumaguete and 94 kilometres (58 mi) from Bacolod , the capital of Negros Occidental . Canlaon is home to the highest peak in its own province, its corresponding island , and the entire Visayas , Mount Kanlaon , which is 2,465 metres (8,087 ft ...