Mount Malindang

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Malindang

| photo = Mount malindang landsat.jpg

| photo_caption = Landsat image of Mount Malindang and its vicinity

| elevation_m = 2404

| elevation_ref = {{cite gvp|vn=271071|name=Malindang}}{{cite peakbagger|pid=12957|title=Mount Malindang, Philippines|accessdate=November 5, 2008}}

| prominence_m = 2290

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| listing = {{unbulleted list||Philippines highest peaks| 32nd|Philippines ultra peaks 8th|Ribu|Misamis Occidental highest point|Inactive volcano}}

| location =

| country = Philippines

| state = Northern Mindanao

| state_type = Region

| region = Misamis Occidental

| region_type = Province

| range = Malindang Mountain Range

| map = Mindanao mainland#Philippines

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| coordinates = {{coord|8|13|03|N|123|38|12|E|type:mountain_region:PH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/philippines.html|title=Philippine Mountains – 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater|last1=de Ferranti|first1=Jonathan|first2=Aaron|last2=Maizlish|accessdate=October 29, 2008}}

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| type = {{hlist | Complex volcano | Stratovolcano}}

| age =

| volcanic_arc = Sulu-Zamboanga Arc

| last_eruption = 1819 (unofficial) possibly in 1822

| first_ascent = Maj. E.A. Mearns, W.I. Hutchinson, and party in May 1906Merrill, Elmer D. (1907_06). "Ascent of Mount Halcon", p.180. Philippine Journal of Science, Vol.II No.3.

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Mount Malindang is a complex volcano located in the province of Misamis Occidental in the southern island of Mindanao, Philippines. It is the highest point in the province. The least studied mountain range was formed through several volcanic activities some of which could be historical, evident by the presence of two calderas, surrounded by high rock walls, cinder cones, dome volcano plugs, two sulfurous hot springs, and a crater lake named Lake Duminagat. The amphitheater structures have extensive distribution of volcanic rocks, carbonized wood that are found in pyroclastic deposits. The mountain range is dissected by several canyons and ravines.

Classification

Malindang has unofficially historical eruptions but it believed to be in 1822 and is classified as inactive by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.{{cite web |title=Inactive Volcanoes Part 5 |url=http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=424:inactive-volcanoes&catid=55:volcanoes-of-the-philippines |website=Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology |accessdate=March 19, 2019 }}

Mount Malindang Natural Park

Mount Malindang and the whole Malindang Mountain Range's alluring qualities come from its waterfalls, crater lake and dense virgin forests which host diverse and rare species of flora and fauna. On June 19, 1971, the area was proclaimed as Mount Malindang National Park by virtue of Republic Act 6266.{{cite web |title=List of Initial Components Under the NIPAS |url=http://pawb.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=141&Itemid=156 |website=Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320151346/http://pawb.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=141&Itemid=156 |archivedate=March 20, 2012}} Under the establishment of National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in 1992, the park was reclassified and was renamed as Mount Malindang Range Natural Park on August 2, 2002, through Proclamation No. 228.{{cite web |title=Proclamation No. 228, s. 2002 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2002/08/02/proclamation-no-228-s-2002/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319075133/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2002/08/02/proclamation-no-228-s-2002/ |archivedate=March 19, 2019}}

The park encompasses three provinces – Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte – covering an area of {{convert|53262|ha|acre}} of which about {{convert|33000|ha|acre}} or 62% of forest remaining. About {{convert|20000|ha|acre}} are cultivated and inhabited by indigenous people mostly the Subanon tribe.{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5029/|title=Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park on UNESCO World Heritage|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=October 28, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616130015/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5029/|archivedate=June 16, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/3712/emmalind.html|title=Mount Malindang National Park|accessdate=October 28, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021080233/http://geocities.com/Yosemite/3712/emmalind.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=October 21, 2009}}

=Fauna=

The national park is known to harbor a rich and unique biodiversity that is yet to be explored. The mountain and its outlying areas, some unexplored, are home to some of the endemic and endangered species in the Philippines, which include:.

Greater Mindanao shrew (Crocidura grandis)
Tarsier (Carlito syrichta)
Flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans)
Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Philippine deer (Cervus mariannus)
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. philippinensis)
Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis)
Rough-armed tree frog (Kurixalus appendiculatus)
Marbled water monitor (Varanus marmoratus)
Philippine hawk-eagle (Nisaetus philippensis)
Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)
Rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax)
Philippine hanging parakeet/colasisi (Loriculus philippensis)
Philippine pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos maculatus)

Economic importance

Mount Malindang and its adjoining mountain range including Dapitan Peak and Mt Bliss, is a catchment area which drains water through 49 rivers and streams, and numerous creeks. It provides potable water for domestic, agricultural and other uses to more than one million inhabitants of Misamis Occidental and the eastern parts of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur.{{cite web|url=http://www.searca.org/brp/pdfs/MMRNP_brochure_English.pdf|title=Mount Malindang Range Natural Park|publisher=Department of Environment and Natural Resources|accessdate=October 28, 2008}}

{{wide image|Mount Malindang - Panorama.jpg|750px|Mount Malindang panorama|center

|alt=Panorama of Mount Malindang}}

ASEAN Heritage Park

Declared as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Heritage Park (AHP), during the 13th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment held October 13, 2011, in Cambodia. The three other Philippine AHPs are Mount Iglit-Baco National Park in Mindoro, Mount Kitanglad Range in Bukidnon, and Mount Apo Natural Park in Davao.{{cite news |title=Mindanao's Mount Malindang Range Natural Park declared ASEAN Heritage Park |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/341060/mindanaos-mount-malindang-range-natural-park-declared-asean-heritage-park |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=November 13, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205225734/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/341060/mindanaos-mount-malindang-range-natural-park-declared-asean-heritage-park |archivedate=February 5, 2012}}

It was officially launched on August 4, 2012, during the 2nd National ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP) Conference, sponsored by the ASEAN Center for Bio-diversity (ACB) at Oroquieta City.{{cite web |title=Mt. Malindang: The newly-declared ASEAN Heritage Park in the Philippines |url=https://www.denr.gov.ph/news-and-features/features/1177-mt-malindang-the-newly-declared-asean-heritage-park-in-the-philippines.html |website=Department of Environment and Natural Resources |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424213354/https://www.denr.gov.ph/news-and-features/features/1177-mt-malindang-the-newly-declared-asean-heritage-park-in-the-philippines.html |archivedate=April 24, 2015}}