Mount Iraya

Mount Iraya
Mount Iraya Map of the Philippines
Elevation	1,009 m (3,310 ft) [1]
Location
Location	Batanes Province, Philippines
Coordinates	20°27′59″N 122°00′42″E / 20.46639°N 122.01167°E / 20.46639; 122.01167Coordinates: 20°27′59″N 122°00′42″E / 20.46639°N 122.01167°E / 20.46639; 122.01167
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano

Iraya is an active volcano in the Philippines.

Location

Iraya is located on Batan Island, one of the Batanes Islands, in the province of Batanes, in the Luzon Strait, north of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

It is the northernmost active volcano in the Philippines.

Physical features

Iraya is a heavily forested stratovolcano, with an elevation of 1,009 metres (3,310 ft) asl, and a base diameter of 5,500 metres (18,000 ft).

Adjacent volcanic edifice is Mt. Matarem.

Volcanic activity

Mount Iraya last erupted in 1454, and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) considers it as one of the active volcanos in the Philippines.

In 1998, volcanologists recorded seismic swarms which led them to form a monitoring network on Batan Island for several months. After the swarms of tremors had diminished, the temporary stations in Barangay San Joaquin in Basco, Batanes and another near the crater, were pulled out. Seismicity or any activity relating to Iraya is still monitored by the Basco Seismological Station.

Volcanos of the Philippines are all part of the Pacific ring of fire.

See also

• Active volcanos in the Philippines
• Potentially active volcanos in the Philippines
• Inactive volcanos in the Philippines
• Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
• Volcano

References

1. ^ Iraya, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

External links

• "Iraya". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0704-06-.