Mount San Cristobal is a potentially active
stratovolcano
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at the boundary of the provinces of
Laguna and
Quezon
Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon ( tl, Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon Regions of the Philippines, region on Luzon. Kalilayan was the first known name of th ...
on the island of
Luzon
Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...
,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. The mountain rises to an elevation of
above mean sea level
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The comb ...
and is one of the volcanic features of
Macolod Corridor.
Mount San Cristobal is considered the Devil's Mountain in
Filipino folklore
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. It is the alter-ego of the Holy Mountain,
Mount Banahaw, and is part of
Mounts Banahaw–San Cristobal Protected Landscape, covering 10,901 hectares (26,940 acres) of land.
The mountain is bordered by
San Pablo, province of
Laguna at its northern slope and
Dolores Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to:
* Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores
* Dolores (given name)
Dolores may also refer to:
Film
* ''Dolores'' (2017 film), an American documentary by Peter Bratt
* ' ...
, province of
Quezon
Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon ( tl, Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon Regions of the Philippines, region on Luzon. Kalilayan was the first known name of th ...
at its southern slope.
See also
*
List of mountains in the Philippines
*
List of national parks of the Philippines
National Parks of the Philippines ( fil, Pambansang Liwasan ng Pilipinas) are places of natural or historical value designated for protection and sustainable utilization by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources under the National Int ...
References
External links
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Mountains of the Philippines
Volcanoes of Luzon
Complex volcanoes
Sacred mountains
Landforms of Quezon
Landforms of Laguna (province)
Stratovolcanoes of the Philippines
Potentially active volcanoes of the Philippines