MOUNT MAYON
PHILIPPINES
Mayon Volcano also known as
MOUNT MAYON, is an active volcano in the province of Albay, on the island of
Luzon in the Philippines. It is a
classic stratovolcano type of volcano capped by a small central summit
crater. Renowned as the “perfect cone”
because of its almost symmetric conical shape, it was declared a national park
and a protected landscape on July 20, 1938, the first in the country. It was reclassified a Natural Park and
renamed Mayon Volcano Natural Park in the year 2000. It is the main landmark of Albay Province,
rising 8,077 ft from the shores of the Gulf of Albay about 10 km away. Mayon is the most active volcano in the
Philippines having erupted over 48 times in the past 400 years.
