Mount Makaturing, also known locally as Palaw a Magatoring, is a

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

island in the

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. It is found in the province of Lanao del Sur (particularly in the town of

Butig Butig, officially the Municipality of Butig (Maranao: ''Dalm a Butig''), is a 6th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,768 people. This ancient and royal town ...

) in the

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ar, منطقة بانجسامورو ذاتية الحكم فى مسلمى مينداناو , native_name = , settlement_type = Autonomous regions of the Philippines, Autonomous region , anthem = Bangsa ...

. Makaturing has an elevation of and a base diameter of . It is part of a string of volcanoes called the

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. The 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. Makaturing is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. All are part of the

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Historical events

On May 18, 1947,

Philippine Air Force The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...

(PAF) commander Gen. Edwin Andrews died with 16 others when the C-47 transport plane carrying them crashed in Makaturing along with Senator Francisco C. Zulueta. Nine years later, the PAF established an air base in

Zamboanga City Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region ...

and is now named the

Edwin Andrews Air Base Edwin Andrews Air Base is located in Zamboanga, Philippines. The base operates through Runway 09/27, which has a length of , along with the Zamboanga International Airport and conducts air operations against insurgents like the Moro Islamic L ...

from where the Philippine military launches air support operations in the ongoing campaign against separatists.

References

External links

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Makaturing Volcano Page (archived)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makaturing Stratovolcanoes of the Philippines Subduction volcanoes Volcanoes of Mindanao Mountains of the Philippines Landforms of Lanao del Sur Active volcanoes of the Philippines

Historical events

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