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Babuyan Claro Volcano | John Seach
Babuyan Islands, Cagayan Province, Philippines
19.52 N, 121.94 E
summit elevation 1180 m
stratovolcano
Babuyan Claro volcano is located on Babuyan Island 100 km off the north coast of Luzon, Philippines.
Babuyan island consists of five volcanic centers ranging in age from 1.7 Million years to present. The three oldest centers (Cayonan, Naydi, and Dionisio)
onsist mainly of a succession of talc-alkaline andesitic and basaltic andesitic lava flows.
Mt. Pangasun is the largest volcanic edifice (7 cubic km), and is an active stratovolcano with two small preserved summit craters. The youngest volcano of
the island.
Mt. Babuyan is the youngest volcano on the island and has a volume of 3 cubic km. Eruptions at Babuyan Claro are strombolian and phreatomagmatic. Askedna hot springs are located on the southern slopes of the volcano.
1980 Landslide
A landslide occurred 600 m above sea level on the NW flank of Babuyan Claro volcano. The landslide damaged rice fields and roads, and forced the evacuation of nearby residents.
1831 false eruption
A volcanic eruption in 1831 has probably been incorrectly identified with Babuyan Claro volcano. See research by Garrison et al. 2018 below.
Further reading
Garrison, C.S., Kilburn, C.R. and Edwards, S.J., 2018. The 1831 eruption of Babuyan Claro that never happened: has the source of one of the largest volcanic climate forcing events of the nineteenth century been misattributed?. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 7(1), p.8.
Babuyan Claro Volcano Eruptions
1917, 1913, 1860, 1831