Mount Amorong
| Mount Amorong | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 376 m (1,234 ft)[1] |
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| Geography | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Ilocos Region |
| Province | Pangasinan |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Lava dome |
| Volcanic arc | Luzon Volcanic Arc |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene |
Mount Amorong a potentially active lava dome, part of the Amorong Volcanic Group, is located at the northern end of the Luzon Central Plain, in Umingan, Pangasinan, Region I, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
Physical features
[edit | edit source]Mount Amorong is one of a cluster of small lava domes and diatremes. It is the only one which currently exhibits any volcanic-related activities, being fumarolic and solfataric.[1]
Listings
[edit | edit source]Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lists Amorong as potentially active volcano.[2]
The Smithsonian Institution lists Amorong as being Fumarolic.[1]
Eruptions
[edit | edit source]The date of the last eruption is unknown, but possibly more than 1 million years before present.
Geology
[edit | edit source]The volcano's rock type is principally trachyandesite.
K-Ar dating of about 1.14 million years was obtained from the Amorong volcanic group.[1]
It lies along the Eastern Bataan volcanic lineament of the Philippines.
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of active volcanoes in the Philippines
- List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines
- List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
- Pacific Ring of Fire
References
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