Top 5 Potentially Active Volcanoes in the Philippines By Region

This is the top 5 Potentially Active Volcanoes in the Philippines classified by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

Luzon

Amorong

Mount Amorong a potentially active volcano, part of the Amorong Volcanic Group, is located at the northern end of the Luzon Central Plain, in Pangasinan province, Region I, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

Arayat

Mount Arayat is a non volcanic "mountain" on Luzon Island, Philippines, rising to a height of 1,030 metres, its last activity probably dates to the Holocene epoch.

Isarog

Mount Isarog is a potentially active stratovolcano located in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, on the island of Luzon. It has an elevation of 2,000 metres above mean sea level.

Labo

Mount Labo, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the province of Camarines Norte, in Region V, on Luzon Island, in the Philippines. It is located at the northwest end of the Bicol Peninsula.

Laguna Caldera

Laguna Caldera is located southeast of Manila. It has a summit elevation of 743m or 2,438 feet. The caldera, whose lake surface is only 1m above sea level, may have formed at least two major eruptions of about 1 million and 27,000-29,000 years ago

Visayas

Cabalian

Cabalian Volcano is an active volcano located in the province of Southern Leyte in the Philippines.

Cancajanag

Cancajanag is located within the municipal boundary of Dagami in the province of Leyte, on the island of Leyte, Region VIII, of the Philippines.

Cuernos de Negros

Mount Talinis, also known as the Cuernos de Negros, is a complex volcano in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. At about 1,903 metres above sea level, it is the second highest mountain on Negros Island after Mount Kanlaon.

Mahagnao

Mahagnao Volcano also known as part of is a dormant volcano located in the Barangay Mahagnao part of the municipality of Burauen province of Leyte, Philippines. It is also bounded by the municipalities of La Paz and MacArthur.

Mandalagan

The Mandalagan volcano is located at latitude 10.65° North, longitude 123.25° East, in the province of Negros Occidental, on the north of the island of Negros of the Philippines.

Mindanao

Apo

Mount Apo is a large solfataric, potentially active stratovolcano in the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

Balatukan

Mount Balatukan is a massive compound stratovolcano in the northern island of Mindanao, Philippines. It is the highest point in the province of Misamis Oriental. The volcano has no historical eruptions but displays fumarolic activity.

Balut

There are no reports of eruptions in historical times. The January 4, 1641 eruption that enveloped most of Mindanao in darkness was falsely attributed to Balut Volcano, as well as other volcanoes in the Philippines. Later studies proved that the eruption came from Mount Parker, 80 kilometres (50 mi) NW of Balut Island.

Camiguin Mindanao

Camiguin (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Camiguin; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Camiguin) is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off the northern coast of Mindanao. It is politically part of the Northern MindanaoRegion of the country and formerly a part of Misamis Oriental province.

Kalatungan

Mount Kalatungan, also known as Catatungan, is a volcanic mountain located in the province of Bukidnon in the southern Philippines.