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Mount Apo - Philippines

10/27/2008 / Posted by Lets Travel Around the World /


This is one of the most and famous Volcano in the Philippines. This is the Mt. Apo it self. This is the large volcano among the island of the Mindanao in the Philippines. It is the highest mountain in the country and it is locates in Davao City. Not like the Mayon Volcano Mt. Apo is a flat topped kind of volcano and has 3 peaks. It is the source of geothermal energy but the most recent eruption is unknown. Tourist and mountaineers want to climb this mountain, as the summit is so easy to reach. Don Joaquin Rajan is the first men that ever climb the Mt. Apo at the year of October 10, 1880.

In the year May 9, 1936 Mount Apo was declared as national park by President Manuel L. Quezon. There are approximately 270 bird’s species all over in the Mount Apo with more than a hundred of endemic and it is considered as the center of endemism in Mindanao. If you want to climd this mountain and then it is better for you to climb it from the Kidapawan City.


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