Ragang volcano (above and to the right of the center of this Space Shuttle image) rises to 2815 m in central Mindanao. Illana Bay lies to the SW at the lower left, and most of Lake Lanao can be seen at the upper left. Ragang is the most frequently active volcano on the large southern Philippines island of Mindanao. Historical eruptions, may of which were at one time attributed to neighboring Makaturing volcano, have been recorded since 1765. Makaturing and Latukan volcanoes are also visible to the SW of Ragang on this image.
-GVP
Volcano type: Stratovolcano
Tectonic setting: Subduction zone
Continetal crust (> 25 km)
Rock Types:
Major:
-Basalt / Picro-Basalt
-Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Population:
Within 5 km 447
Within 10 km 2,646
Within 30 km 331,796
Within 100 km 6,423,725
Volcanic Region: Philippines and South East Asia
Photo by: http://en.wikipedia.org/
Last Known Eruption: 1873 CE
Latitude: 7.7 degrees North
Longitude: 124.5 degrees East
Summit: 2815 m
Elevation: 9233 ft.
Volcano Number: 271060
Ragang volcano rises to 2815 m at the NE end of a series of young volcanic cones SE of Lake Lanao in central Mindanao. A 3-km-long lava flow extends to the SE from the deep summit crater. Ragang is the most frequently active volcano on the large southern Philippines island of Mindanao and is one of several dominantly basaltic volcanoes west of the Cordillera of cetral Mindanao. Historical eruption, many of which were at one time attributed to neighboring Makaturing volcano, have been recorded since 1765 and consist to moderate explosive activity from the summit crater.
-GVP
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