Mandalagan Volcano | John Seach

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Negros Island, Negros Occidental Province, Western Visayas,
Philippines

10.615 N, 123.22 E
summit elevation 1879 m
Stratovolcano

Mandalagan Volcano is located in northern Negros Island.

It is in the northern Negros volcanic arc which also contains Mt Silay (1534 m), Mt Kanlaon (2465 m). Mt Mandalagan covers (16 x 14 km) and contains seven widespread eruptive areas and at least five craters and/or calderas up to 2 km in diameter.

Current activity consists of solfatara at 11 locations. One of the solfatara is unique in the Philippines, reaches a temperature of 106°C and emits a plume up to 30 m high, erupting with the noise of a wild-blowing geothermal bore-hole.

Further reading
Von Biedersee, H. and Pichler, H., 1995. The Canlaon and its neighbouring volcanoes in the Negros Belt/Philippines. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences11(2), pp.111-123.

Mandalagan Volcano Eruptions

Solfatara activity.