What is Mt Apo?
Mount Apo, at 9,692 feet (2,954 metres), is an active volcano in the southern part of the central highlands; it is the highest peak in the Philippines. The island has narrow coastal plains, and broad, fertile basins and extensive swamps are formed by the Mindanao and Agusan river systems.
Is Mount Kalatungan active?
Mount Kalatungan, also known as Catatungan, is a volcanic mountain located in the province of Bukidnon in the southern Philippines. It is a stratovolcano with no known historical eruptions and classified by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) as a potentially active volcano.
How do you get to Mt Kalatungan?
Transportation. From CDO’s Agora Terminal you can take a Malaybalay-bound bus, then from Malaybalay, take a bus/jeep to Kibanggay (P60) then finally take a habal-habal to the jumpoff. There is also, if you’re lucky, a direct trip from Agora Terminal to Kibanggay until 4 PM daily.
What is the history of Mount Diwalwal in the Philippines?
On 25 November 2002, due to the unsafe and lethal illegal mining and siltation of Naboc River, the government declared 8,100 hectares area of Mount Diwalwal across Agusan-Davao-Surigao a “Mineral Reservation” via the Proclamation No. 297. Mining was taken over by the government owned corporation.
Should gold processing plants in Diwalwal be transferred to mabatas?
DENR-11 Regional Executive Director Ruth Tawantawan said it is high-time that gold processing plants in Diwalwal should transfer to Mine Processing Zone in Mabatas, Monkayo. ” (That is) after 33 years of no permit and no tax. We gave them enough time,” she said in an interview on Saturday.
Where is Mount Diwata in the Philippines?
Mount Diwata, also locally unofficially nicknamed Diwalwal, is a remote 1,261-metre (4,137 ft) high range of volcanic mountain and biodiversity area in Davao Region on eastern part of Mindanao island of Philippines.
Why is it called Diwalwal?
The mountain is named after the diwata (deity or “enchanting goddess”), which is the pre-Spanish native faith based on the Indianized concept of devata in Hinduism in Indosphere. Its local nickname “diwalwal” is dervived from the native idiom “diwalwal ang dila” ( “one’s tongue hanging out” }.