Mount Alchanon

{{Short description|Mountain in Kalinga, Philippines}}

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| name = Mount Alchanon

| other_name = Mount Alchanar

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| country = Philippines

| state_type = Region

| state = Cordillera Administrative Region

| region_type = Province

| region = Kalinga

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| elevation_m = 2617

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| prominence_m = 1297

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| range = Cordillera Central

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Mount Alchanon, also known as Mount Alchanar, is one of the high elevation peaks in the Cordillera Central mountain range in the Philippines. It is located in the province of Kalinga near the border of northern portion of Mountain Province in the island of Luzon. It is the highest point in Kalinga and 20th-highest mountain of the Philippines at {{Convert|2617|m|ft|0}} above sea level.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4taaVmhmd8sC&dq=alchanon+cordillera&pg=PA73 |title=Earth Science' 2005 Ed. |author=Sulit-Braganza, Maria Chona |publisher=Rex Bookstore |isbn=9789712339387 |access-date=31 August 2015}}