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Mayon ( bcl, Bulkan Mayon; tl, Bulkang Mayon, ), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano ( es, Monte Mayón, Volcán Mayón), is an active
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 ...
in the province
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of Albay
Albay,
Three telemetric units are installed on Mayon's slopes, which send information to the seven seismometers in different locations around the volcano. These instruments relay data to the Ligñon Hill observatory and the PHIVOLCS central headquarters on the University of the Philippines Diliman campus.
PHIVOLCS also deploys electronic distance meters (EDMs), precise leveling benchmarks, and portable fly spectrometers to monitor the volcano's daily activity.
It is said that the volcano grew from the burial grounds of lovers Magayon and Panganoron. Thus, the ancient Bicolanos named it after the legendary princess-heroine
Climbing Mayon Volcano
* ttp://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/html/update_VMEPD/vmepd/vmepd/lho.htm Mayon Volcano Observatorybr>Majestic Mt. Mayon – Cagsawa Ruin Park
– images by ''Jenny Exconde''.
*
Smithsonian Institution page on MayonMocha Uson apologizes for Mayon location mistake
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Mythology
It is said that the volcano grew from the burial grounds of lovers Magayon and Panganoron. Thus, the ancient Bicolanos named it after the legendary princess-heroine Daragang Magayon
Daragang Magayon ( en, Beautiful Maiden) is the heroine that appears in the legend of Mt. Mayon in Albay, Philippines.
Basic legend
Magayon was the only daughter of Makusog (strong), the tribal chief of Rawis, and Dawani (rainbow), who died sh ...
( en, Beautiful Lady, italic=yes). After some time, the volcano was chosen as the abode of the supreme god of the Bicolano people, Gugurang, who also chose Mayon as the repository of the sacred fire of Ibalon. Numerous festivals and rituals are associated with the volcano and its landscape.
See also
* Cagsawa Ruins * List of volcanoes in the Philippines ** List of active volcanoes in the Philippines ** List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines ** List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines *List of volcanic eruptions by death toll
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Volcanic eruptions
See also
*Li ...
* List of protected areas of the Philippines
* List of Southeast Asian mountains
*List of mountains in the Philippines
The following is a partial list of mountains in the Philippines. Several of these are List of volcanoes in the Philippines, volcanoes, formed by subduction, subducting tectonic plates surrounding the archipelago.
List
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**List of Ultras of the Philippines
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See also
* List of mountains in the Philippines
Sources
ListMap
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*Geography of the Philippines
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References
External links
Climbing Mayon Volcano
* ttp://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/html/update_VMEPD/vmepd/vmepd/lho.htm Mayon Volcano Observatorybr>Majestic Mt. Mayon – Cagsawa Ruin Park
– images by ''Jenny Exconde''.
*
Smithsonian Institution page on Mayon
{{Volcanoes of the Philippines 19th-century volcanic events 2018 natural disasters 20th-century volcanic events 21st-century volcanic events Active volcanoes of the Philippines Landforms of Albay Mountains of the Philippines Stratovolcanoes of the Philippines Subduction volcanoes Quadripoints and higher VEI-4 volcanoes Volcanoes of Luzon Holocene stratovolcanoes