Mount Masaraga

Mount Masaraga is a stratovolcano located in Ligao City in the province of Albay, in the Bicol region, on Luzon Island, in the Philippines.

Mount Masaraga
Highest point
Elevation	1,328[1] m (4,357 ft)
Prominence	1,003 m (3,291 ft)[2]
Listing	Inactive volcano[3] Ribu[4]
Coordinates	13°19′N 123°36′E
Geography
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Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Province	Albay
City/municipality	Ligao
Geology
Mountain type	stratovolcano[1]
Volcanic zone	Bicol Volcanic Chain
Last eruption	Unknown[1] / Holocene

Physical features

Mount Masaraga is a forested, sharp-topped, mountain with an elevation of 1,328 metres (4,357 ft) asl.^[1] It is adjacent and the closest to the perfect cone of Mayon Volcano.

Eruptions

There are no historical eruptions from the volcano with the last eruptive activity dated as Holocene as reported by the Global Volcanism Program. Thick lava flows from that period are present on the flanks of Mount Masaraga, an understudied volcano in the Philippines.^[1]

Geology

Rock type found on the mountain is andesite trending to rhyolite.^[1] Tectonically, Masaraga is part of the Bicol Volcanic Chain of volcanoes and part of the Pacific ring of fire.

Listings

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lists the mountain as one of the inactive volcanoes of the Philippines.^[3]

See also

• List of volcanoes in the Philippines