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SMITH VOLCANO

Smith Volcano, also known as Mount Babuyan, is a cinder cone on Babuyan Island, the
northernmost of the Babuyan group of islands on Luzon Strait, north of the main island of Luzon in the
Philippines. The mountain is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines, which last erupted in 1924.
The volcano is politically located in the Municipality of Calayan, Cagayan province.

The sparsely-vegetated cinder cone is 688 meters (2,257 ft) high with a base diameter of 4.5
kilometers (2.8 mi). Layers of basaltic lava flows are evident south of the volcano.

Smith Volcano is one of the probably five Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic centers on Babuyan
Island (also known as Babuyan de Claro Island) with Smith, the youngest volcano on the island.
KANLAON VOLCANO

Kanlaon (Hiligaynon: Bulkan sang Kanlaon; Cebuano: Bulkan sa Kanlaon; Spanish: Volcán de
Canlaon, Malaspina), also spelled as Kanla-on or sometimes Canlaon, is an active stratovolcano on the
island of Negros, Philippines. It is the highest point in Negros, as well as the whole Visayas, with an
elevation of 2,465 m (8,087 ft) above sea level.

The volcano straddles the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, approximately 30
km (19 mi) southeast of Bacolod, the capital and most populous city of Negros Occidental and of the
whole island region. It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines and part of the Pacific Ring of
Fire.

Kanlaon has a peak elevation of 2,465 m (8,087 ft) at its highest point, although it is 2,435 m
(7,989 ft) in some sources, with a base diameter of 30 km (19 mi) and is dotted with pyroclastic cones
and extinct craters lining to the north-northwest. Just below and north of the summit is the active Lugud
crater. North of Lugud is a 2 by 0.8 km (1.24 by 0.50 mi) caldera known as Margaja Valley, with a small,
often seasonal crater lake.

The volcano has three hot springs on its slopes: Mambukal Hot Springs on the northwest,
Bucalan Hot Spring and Bungol Hot Spring. Its adjacent volcanic edifices are Mount Silay and Mount
Mandalagan, north of Kanlaon.

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