Province Cebu | Elevation 593 m | |
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Similar Mount Arayat, Kanlaon, Mount Makiling, Mount Banahaw, Mount Manunggal | ||
Mount lantoy trekking2007
Mount Lantoy is a 593-metre (1,946 ft) mountain located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the municipality of Argao, Cebu in the Philippines.
Contents
- Mount lantoy trekking2007
- Map of Mount Lantoy Argao Cebu Philippines
- Watershed forest reserve
- In Philippine mythology
- References
Map of Mount Lantoy, Argao, Cebu, Philippines
Watershed forest reserve
Mt. Lantoy was declared as a watershed forest reserve by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 414 on June 29, 1994. The initial 7,265-hectare (17,950-acre) protected area was reduced in December 2006 via a new Executive Order issued by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, reducing the watershed reserve area coverage to 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres).
In Philippine mythology
In Philippine mythology, Mount Lantoy is said to be the domain of Maria Cacao, a diwata who lives in a cave in the mountain. Outside her cave grow numerous cacao trees, which are said to be her plantation. After harvest time come rains that wash down the mountain, enabling Maria Cacao to float down to the towns below in her golden ship to sell her products.