Volcano Live
volcanolive.com
Leonard Range Volcano | John Seach
Compostela Valley Province, Southern Mindanao, Philippines
7.393 N, 126.397 E
summit elevation 1190 m
Stratovolcano
Leonard Range consists of andesite to dacite volcanism loated in the East Mindanao Arc. Lake Leonard is 203 km in diameter. Amacan thermal area is located 5 km SSW of Lake Leonard.
Lake Leonard
The lake is located 60 km northeast of Davao City, Mindanao. The freshwater lake contains fishes such as Anguila pacifica, Clarias batrachus, Glossogobius giurus, Ophicephalus striatus and Tilapia mossambica. The endangered Philippine Crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis is found at the lake during the breeding season in July-September.
Eruptions at Leonard Range
Carbonized wood from pyroclastic deposits on the edge of the caldera have been dated at 1800 yr old.
Further reading
Macpherson, C.G., Dreher, S.T. and Thirlwall, M.F., 2006. Adakites without slab melting: high pressure differentiation of island arc magma, Mindanao, the Philippines. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 243(3-4), pp.581-593.
Sajona, F.G., Bellon, H., Maury, R.C., Pubellier, M., Quebral, R.D., Cotten, J., Bayon, F.E., Pagado, E. and Pamatian, P., 1997. Tertiary and quaternary magmatism in Mindanao andLeyte (Philippines): geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic setting. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 15(2-3), pp.121-153.
Leonard Range Volcano Eruptions
1800 years ago.