Mount Makaturing

Makaturing, is a stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines. It is found in the province of Lanao del Sur (particularly in the town of Butig) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Makaturing has an elevation of 1,940 metres (6,365 ft) and a base diameter of 29 km (18 mi). It is part of a string of volcanoes called the Central Mindanao Arc.[1]

Makaturing
Makaturing
Makaturing
Highest point
Elevation1,908 m (6,260 ft)
ListingActive volcano
Coordinates7°39′N 124°19′E 
Geography
CountryPhilippines
RegionBARMM
ProvinceLanao del Sur
City/municipalityButig
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano[1][2]
Volcanic arc/beltCentral Mindanao Arc[1]
Last eruptionMarch 18, 1882[1][2]

e Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanology Program, citing the Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World (Neumann van Padang, 1953), suggests that some eruptions were actually those of neighboring Ragang volcano.[2]

Makaturing is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. All are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.[3]

Historical events

On May 18, 1947, Philippine Air Force (PAF) commander Gen. Edwin Andrews died with 16 others when the C-47 transport plane carrying them crashed in Makaturing. Nine years later, the PAF established an air base in Zamboanga City and is now named the Edwin Andrews Air Base from where the Philippine military launches air support operations in the ongoing campaign against separatists.[4]

See also

References
  3. "Inactive Volcanoes Part 5". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  4. "Edwin Andrews Air Base". Philippine Air Force. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
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