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Mayon Volcano - Philippines

10/19/2008 / Posted by Lets Travel Around the World /


This is one of the most beautiful tourist spot in the Philippines. This is the Mayon Volcano in which located in the province of Albay and in the region of Bicol and it can be found in the Island of Luzon and until now it is still active which means that anytime from now it can have again its explosion. It is also called as the cone volcano it is because; its shape is like a cone right? This Volcano has its eruption over the 47 times in the past 400 years.



This also a part of what we called as the Pacific Ring of Fire and it is a very big pleasure to all Filipino that Mayon Volcano has been chosen to be the one of the candidates for the New 7 Wonders of the World. This is located between the Eurasian and the Philippine Plate at the convergent plate boundary. Its location is, it is 10 kilometers from the gulf of Albay and also in the municipalities of LegazpiCity, Daraga, Camilig, Guinobatan, Ligao City, Tabaco City, Malilipot and the Santo Domingo. It has the average height of 2462 m. or 8,077 ft. above the gulf.



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