Mariveles Volcano
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| Mount Mariveles | |
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| Elevation | 1,388 m (4,550 ft) |
| Location | Mariveles, Bataan, Luzon, Philippines |
| Range | Mariveles Mountains |
| Coordinates | 14°30.357′N 120°30′E / 14.50595°N 120.5°ECoordinates: 14°30.357′N 120°30′E / 14.50595°N 120.5°E |
| Topo map | PCGS-2511 |
| Type | stratovolcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | West Luzon volcanic arc |
| Age of rock | 2050 bce |
Mariveles is a stratovolcano in the Philippines
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[edit] Location
Mariveles is located at the southern end of the Bataan Peninsular, on the northwest side of Manila Bay, in the province of Bataan, in region III, on Luzon Island, in the Philippines.
[edit] Physical features
Mariveles is a massive thermally active stratovolcano with an elevation of 1388 metres (4,554 feet) asl, and base diameter of 22 klms.
It has a 4 klm wide summit caldera draining to the north.
Mount Slamet on the north, and Mount Limay on the east, are major, youthful-looking flank cones.
Mount Pantingan, Mount Bataan, Mount Tarac, and Mount Vintana are adjacent volcanics.
Phivolcs records Mariveles as thermal with hotsprings: Tiis Spring, Saysain Spring, and Pucot Spring.
[edit] Eruptions
Radiocarbon dating indicates eruptive activity mid-Holocene, about 2050bce.
There have been no historical eruptions.
[edit] Geology
Rock type is predominantly biotite hornblende andesite, with dacite flows and dacitic tuffs.
Tectonically, Mariveles is on the Western Bataan Lineament.
[edit] Listings
Smithsonian Institution lists Mariveles as Holocene - about 2050bce by radiocarbon dating.
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lists Mariveles as Potentially Active.
[edit] External links
- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), Mariveles page
- Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, Mariveles page
[edit] See also
- Active volcanos in the Philippines
- Potentially active volcanos in the Philippines
- Inactive volcanos in the Philippines
- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
- Volcano
- Pacific ring of fire
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