Mount Mariveles
{{Short description|Stratovolcano in Bataan, Philippines}}
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| elevation_m = 1398
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| country = Philippines
| state = Central Luzon
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Mount Mariveles is a dormant stratovolcano and the highest point in the province of Bataan in the Philippines. Mariveles and the adjacent Mount Natib comprise 80.9 percent of the total land area of the province.Redpen (2008-01-24). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080127083307/http://www.mybataan.com/content/view/276/96/ "Bataan Mountains"]}}. MyBataan.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-15. The mountain and adjacent cones lie opposite the city of Manila across Manila Bay, providing a beautiful{{editorializing|date=May 2021}} setting for the sunsets seen from the city.
Location
Mount Mariveles lies at the southern end of the Zambales Mountains in the Bataan Peninsula, west of Manila Bay. Bataan province belongs to the Central Luzon (Region III), of the Philippines.
Physical features
Mount Mariveles is a massive stratovolcano topped with a {{convert|4|km|mi|adj=on}} summit caldera which drains to the north. The highest peak, called Mariveles, has an elevation of {{convert|1388|m|ft}} asl. Mounts Pantingan, Bataan, Tarak, and Vintana are the other peaks of the volcano-caldera complex, which has a base diameter of {{convert|22|km|mi}}.
Mount Samat on the northern slope, and Mount Limay on the eastern slope, are major, youthful-looking parasitic cones of the volcano.
Mariveles is still thermally active with the following hot springs located within the complex: Tiis Spring, Saysain Spring, and Pucot Spring.
Eruptions
There are no recorded historical eruptions from Mariveles caldera. However, geologists report the last active eruption indicated by radiocarbon dating occurring around mid-Holocene or about 2050 BCE.
Geology
Rock type is predominantly biotite, hornblende, and andesite, with dacite flows and dacitic tuffs similar to nearby Mount Natib.
Mount Mariveles is on the Western Bataan Lineament volcanic belt of Luzon, which includes Mount Pinatubo, site of the second largest eruption of the last 20th century.
Listings
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the Philippine government branch that deals with volcanology in the country, lists Mariveles as a potentially active volcano for the age of its last eruption and active thermal features.
Climbing Mariveles
File:Tarak Ridge campsite, Mount Mariveles.jpg
There are already three peaks familiar to the local mountaineering community, namely Tarak Ridge, Pantingan or Banayan Peak, and Mariveles Ridge. The rest of the peaks in the caldera are still waiting to be explored.
Tarak Ridge is the more well-known destination on Mount Mariveles, with its jump-off point situated at Barangay Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan.[http://www.pinoymountaineer.com/2007/08/tarak-ridge-1130.html "Tarak Ridge"]. Pinoy Mountaineer. Retrieved on 2012-02-21. Pantingan Peak (locally called Banayan Peak) can be accessed through Sitio Duhat, Saysain, Bagac, Bataan. Mariveles Ridge can be accessed through Sitio Parca, Mariveles, Bataan.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005165446/http://volcano.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/update_VMEPD/Volcano/VolcanoList/mariveles.htm Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), Mariveles page (archived)]
- {{cite gvp|vn=273081|name=Mariveles}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100126013814/http://www.mybataan.com/content/view/461/96/ Mariveles Mountain Range]}} from MyBataan
- [http://www.pinoymountaineer.com/2007/08/tarak-ridge-1130.html Climbing Mount Mariveles through Tarak Ridge] from Pinoy Mountaineer
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Category:Stratovolcanoes of the Philippines
Category:Mountains of the Philippines
Category:Potentially active volcanoes of the Philippines
Category:Pliocene stratovolcanoes