Mount Makaturing

Makaturing
Location of Makaturing volcano in the Philippines
Elevation	1,940 m (6,365 ft)
Location
Location	Philippines
Coordinates	7°39′N 124°19′E / 7.65°N 124.317°E / 7.65; 124.317Coordinates: 7°39′N 124°19′E / 7.65°N 124.317°E / 7.65; 124.317
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1882

Makaturing, is a stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines. It is found in the province of Lanao del Sur (particularly in the town of Butig) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Makaturing has an elevation of 1,940 metres (6,365 ft) and a base diameter of 29 km (18 mi). It is part of a string of volcanos called the Central Mindanao Arc.

Eruptions

There is still some controversy on the number of times Makaturing erupted. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology lists 10 eruptions with the last one occurring on March 18, 1882. But 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 volcanos in the Philippines. All are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Trivia

On May 18, 1947, Philippine Air Force (PAF) commander Gen. Edwin Andrews died with 16 others when the C-47 transport plane carrying them crashed in Makaturing. Nine years later, the PAF established an air base in Zamboanga City and is now named the Edwin Andrews Air Base from where the Philippine military launches air support operations in the ongoing campaign against separatists.

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

• Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Makaturing Volcano Page
• "Makaturing". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0701-04=.