Smith Volcano
Smith Volcano, also known as Mount Babuyan, is a cinder cone on Babuyan Island, the northernmost of the Babuyan group of islands on Luzon Strait, north of the main island of Luzon in the Philippines. The mountain is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines, which last erupted in 1924.
Calayan Volcano | |
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Mount Babuyan | |
Aerial view of Smith Volcano (foreground) on the western part of Babuyan Island with Babuyan Claro in the background | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 688 m (2,257 ft) |
Coordinates | 19°32′11.84″N 121°54′46.24″E |
Geography | |
Calayan Volcano Location within the Philippines | |
Location | Babuyan Islands |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Province | Cagayan |
Municipality | Calayan |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Cinder cone |
Volcanic arc | Babuyan (Bashi) Segment of Luzon-Taiwan Arc |
Last eruption | 1924 |
The volcano is politically located in the Municipality of Calayan, Cagayan province, the town that has jurisdiction over the Babuyan Islands except Fuga Island.
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