Geography and Nature (Philippines)

Volcanoes, Mountain Ranges, and Geological Hazards

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  1. What is the highest mountain peak in the Philippines, rising to an elevation of 2,954 meters above sea level?
  2. What is the second highest mountain peak in the Philippines, located within the Kitanglad Mountain Range in Bukidnon?
  3. What is the highest mountain peak in Luzon and third highest in the Philippines?
  4. Which mountain range is the longest in the Philippines, extending over 540 kilometers along the eastern coast of Luzon as a natural typhoon barrier?
  5. Which active stratovolcano in Albay province is celebrated globally for its nearly symmetrical conical shape?
  6. Which volcano in Batangas is known as a complex caldera system featuring a crater lake containing Volcano Island?
  7. Whose June 1991 eruption in the Zambales Mountains was the second-largest volcanic eruption on Earth of the 20th century?
  8. What is the highest peak in the Visayas and the most active volcano in central Philippines, located on the island of Negros?
  9. Which stratovolcano on Camiguin Island is also known as Catarman Volcano?
  10. What mountain connects the Sierra Madre and Cordillera Central mountain ranges in central northern Luzon?
  11. Which active volcano in Sorsogon province is the southernmost volcano on the island of Luzon?
  12. Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Davao Oriental is renowned for its protected pygmy 'bonsai' forest and rich biodiversity of endemic species?
  13. Which mountain on Sibuyan Island, Romblon is considered one of the most technically challenging climbs due to its knife-edge rocky ridge ('G2')?
  14. What is the highest mountain peak in Mindoro?
  15. What major system of faults runs throughout the whole Philippine Archipelago?
  16. What is the western segment of the Marikina Valley fault system called?
  17. What famous geological landform in Bohol consists of at least 1,260 symmetrical conical limestone karst hills that turn brown during the dry season?
  18. In which province is the famous dormant volcanic mountain Mount Makiling located, associated in folklore with Maria Makiling?
  19. Which solitary stratovolcano rises dramatically from the flat agricultural plains of Central Luzon in the province of Pampanga?
  20. Which national park in Pangasinan consists of 124 ancient mushroom-shaped limestone islets scattered across Lingayen Gulf?
  21. What mountain range forms the central north-south spine of the island of Palawan, crowned by its highest summit, Mount Mantalingahan?
  22. Which stratovolcano complex straddling Laguna and Quezon is revered as a 'holy mountain' (bundok banal) by religious pilgrims and spiritual sects?
  23. What tectonic trench lies west of Luzon and Palawan, formed by the eastward subduction of the South China Sea oceanic plate beneath the Philippine Mobile Belt?
  24. Which active volcano in South Cotabato erupted in 1641 and has a crater lake known as Lake Holon?
  25. What is the primary cause of frequent volcanism and earthquakes across the Philippine Mobile Belt?

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