Location Luzon Region Ilocos Region Last eruption Unknown Province Pangasinan | Country Philippines Mountain type Lava dome Elevation 376 m | |
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Similar Mount Binuluan, Latukan, Cagua Volcano, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Mount Makaturing | ||
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.
Contents
- Map of Mount Amorong Umingan Philippines
- Physical FeaturesEdit
- ListingsEdit
- EruptionsEdit
- GeologyEdit
- References
Map of Mount Amorong, Umingan, Philippines
Physical FeaturesEdit
Amorong is one of a cluster of small lava domes and diatremes. It is the only one which currently exhibits any volcanic-related activities, being fumarolic and solfataric.
ListingsEdit
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lists Amorong as Inactive.
The Smithsonian Institution lists Amorong as Fumarolic.
EruptionsEdit
Date of the last eruption is unknown but possibly more than 1 million years before present.
GeologyEdit
Rock type is principally trachyandesite.
K-Ar dating of about 1.14 million years was obtained from the Amorong volcanic group.
It lies along the Eastern Bataan volcanic lineament of the Philippines.