Kanla-on, variously referred to as Kanlaon Volcano and Mount Kanla-on (also spelled Canlaon), is an active volcano in the Philippines. A stratovolcano on Negros island, it straddles the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in the Visayas region (10°24.7'N, 123°7.9'E), approximately 36 kilometers southeast of Bacolod City.
It is one of the active volcanos in the Philippines, part of the Pacific ring of fire.
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Kanla-on, variously referred to as Kanlaon Volcano and Mount Kanla-on (also spelled Canlaon), is an active volcano in the Philippines. A stratovolcano on Negros island, it straddles the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in the Visayas region (10°24.7'N, 123°7.9'E), approximately 36 kilometers southeast of Bacolod City.
It is one of the active volcanos in the Philippines, part of the Pacific ring of fire.
Kanlaon has an elevation of 2,435 meters and a base diameter of 30 km and is dotted with pyroclastic cones and craters. The summit of Kanlaon contains a broad elongated northern caldera with a crater lake. A smaller but more active crater lies in the south.
The volcano has three hot springs on its slopes: Mambucal Hot Springs on the northwest, Bucalan Hot Spring, Bungol Hot Spring. Its adjacent volcanic edifices are Mt. Silay and Mt. Mandalagan, north of Kanlaon. Canlaon City now stands beside the mountain.
The most active volcano in central Philippines, Kanlaon has...
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