Mount Pulong Bato
| Mount Pulong Bato | |
|---|---|
| File:Mt.pulombato.jpg Mt. pulongbato as viewed from the base in Pasonanca park. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 980 m (3,220 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Zamboanga, Philippines |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | strato volcano |
| Last eruption | -- |
"Pulong Bato" is an extinct stratovolcano located in Zamboanga city, in the Zamboanga peninsula, in the island of Mindanao, Philippines.
Uknown to many people, Pulong bato is infamous because of Phivolcs not confirming it as a volcano. But, it is unusual that unlike other surrounding mountains in the city, it is only Mt. Pulong Bato that is solid rock
It is situated at the top of Upper Abong-Abong, in Barangay Pasonanca, only some kilometers away from the low-lying ground of the city's downtown section.
Holy week ovserbance
The high mountain is near the premises of the famous Abong-Abong Park, where the annual pilgrimage by both domestic and foreign catholic devotees flock to meditate the passion and death of Jesus Christ during the Holy Week observance.
References
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2005/01/07/news/city.has.extinct.volcano.html