Parks in the Philippines - Botanical Gardens in the Philippines, National Parks of the Philippines, Mayon Volcano, Taal Volcano, Culion, Palawan (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Botanical gardens in the Philippines, National parks of the Philippines, Mayon Volcano, Taal Volcano, Culion, Palawan, Olango Island Group, List of national parks of the Philippines, Mount Bulusan, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Mount Arayat, Mount Malindang, Mount Apo, Mount Banahaw, Kanlaon, Apo Reef, Mount Pulag, Pagsanjan Falls, Lake Danao, Capitol Park and Lagoon, Coron Island, Mount Kitanglad, Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden, Fountain of Justice, Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Natib, Bacolod Public Plaza, Bulusan Volcano National Park, Hundred Islands National Park, Burnham Park, Quezon National Forest Park, Mount Isarog, Balabac Island, Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center, Bugsuk Island, JCampbell Park, Patapat National Park, Mines View Park. Excerpt: Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay, in the Bicol Region, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its almost symmetrically conical shape, Mayon forms the northern boundary of Legazpi City. Local folklore refers to the volcano as Bulkang Magayon (Bikol: 'Beautiful Volcano'), after the legendary heroine Daragang Magayon (Bikol: 'Beautiful Lady'). Mayon Volcano is an active stratovolcano. The current cone was formed through pyroclastic and lava flows from past eruptions. Mayon is the most active of the active volcanoes in the Philippines, having erupted over 49 times in the past 400 years. Like other volcanoes located around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, Mayon is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. It is located on the eastern side of Luzon, beside the Philippine Trench which is the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is driven under the Philippine Mobile Belt. Where a continental plate or belt of continental fragments me...