Mount Macolod

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Mount Maculod
Mount Maculot
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Mount Maculot, view from Cuenca, Batangas
Highest point
Elevation 957 m (3,140 ft)
Prominence 609 m (1,998 ft)
Coordinates 13°55′N121°03′E / 13.917°N 121.050°E / 13.917; 121.050
Geography
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Mount Maculod
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Mount Maculod
Country Philippines
Region Calabarzon
Province Batangas
City/municipality Cuenca
Geology
Mountain type Flank Stratovolcano of Taal
Volcanic zone Macolod Corridor
Last eruption Unknown
Climbing
Easiest route from Cuenca town center

Mount Macolod (other spelling: Maculot) is a flank dormant stratovolcano of Taal located in the municipality of Cuenca, Batangas in the Philippines. Popular with mountain climbers and campers, it is the main tourist attraction of Cuenca.

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The mountain is sacred to both Christians and Anitists. Every year on Holy Week, thousands of pilgrims from nearby towns and provinces climb the mountain as a form of penance.

Geography

The mountain is about 947 meters (3,107 ft) tall and is also located adjacent to Taal Lake. Mount Macolod and its 700-meter (2,300 ft) high volcanic rock wall called The Rockies are said to be part of Taal Caldera's crater rim. [1] It is likely a pre caldera cone of the Taal system.

Geological history

Based on studies on Taal, it is believed that the caldera was formed by buildup of large volume dacitic to andesitic pyroclastic materials. Several major catastrophic eruptions probably between 670ka and 6ka caused the collapse of the 25-by-30-kilometre (16 mi × 19 mi) wide Taal Caldera. This caldera was filled by water, thus forming a flooded caldera system. [2] The younger Volcano Island was formed by numerous explosive hydrovolcanic eruptions in the middle of the lake after the collapse. [3]

The slopes of the previous volcano now formed ridges surrounding the lake. Mount Macolod is not only a volcanic cone on the south side but also the highest caldera rim of the former Taal Cone. Tagaytay Ridge, to the north, is the northern rim of the caldera with Mount Sungay its highest elevation.

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References

  1. ↑ "Police confirm body found in Maculot 'Rockies' belongs to missing mountaineer | Inquirer News".
  2. ↑ Withoos, Yannick (2022). A study of the stratigraphy, lithofacies and geochemistry of Taal Caldera Volcano, Philippines, and its implications for the understanding of flooded caldera volcanoes (PhD thesis). University of Leicester. doi:10.25392/leicester.data.20342964.v1.
  3. ↑ "Taal Flyer" (PDF). Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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