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Mayon Volcano
Mayon
Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active volcano located in
Legaspi City Albay, on the island of Luzon in the PHILIPPINES. Renowned
as the "perfect cone" because of its almost symmetric conical shape. The
cone is considered to be the world's most perfectly-formed volcano for
its symmetry. It is the most active volcano in the Philippines having
erupted over 48 times in the past 400 years.
Mayon
Volcano is the main landmark of Albay Province, Philippines, rising 2,462
meters (8,077 ft) from the shores of the Gulf of Albay about 10 kilometers (6.2
mi) away. The most destructive eruption of Mayon occurred on February 1, 1814.
Lava flowed but not as compared to the 1766 eruption. Instead, the volcano was
belching dark ash and eventually bombarding the town with tephra that buried
the town of Cagsawa. Trees were burned; rivers were certainly damaged.
Proximate
areas were also devastated by the eruption with ash accumulating to 9 m (30 ft)
in depth. 2,200 Albay locals perished in what is considered to be the most
lethal eruption in Mayon’s history. Estimates by PHIVOLKS and list the casualties
at about 1200. The eruption is believed to have contributed to the accumulation
of atmospheric ash, capped off by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora in
1815, that led to the Year Without a Summer in 1816.
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