Matutum

Matutum Volcano, is a volcano on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is 15 km north of Polomolok, South Cotabato and about 30 km north-northwest of General Santos City (6°22'N, 125°06.5'E).

Physical features

Matutum is a stratovolcano that rises 2,286 meters with a base diameter of 25 km.

It has 2 hot springs, called Akjmoan and Linan, 5.7 km of west-southwest of the volcano and its adjacent volcanic edifices are Landayao, Tampad and Albulhek, which are all west of the volcano, and Magolo in the north.

There is a well-preserved 320-m-wide crater at the volcano's summit. The crater is breached by three gorges and has a 120-m-deep, densely forested floor.

Eruptions

Volcanologists have suspect that Matutum may have had a phreatic explosion on March 7, 1911.

Matutum is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines: Babuyan Claro, Banahaw, Bulusan, Mount Biliran, Bud Dajo, Cagua, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Hibok-Hibok, Iraya, Mount Iriga, Mount Kanlaon, Leonard Kniaseff, Makaturing, Mayon, Musuan, Mount Parker (Cotabato), Pinatubo, Ragang, Smith Volcano, Taal. They are all part of the so-called "Pacific ring of fire."

External links

* [http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/Volcano/Volcanolist/matutum.htm Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Matutum Volcano Page]
* [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0701-02= Smithsonian Insitution's Global Volcanism Program]