Mount Balungao is an isolated inactive
volcano
A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...
located in
Pangasinan
Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan (, ; ; ), is a coastal Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen, Pangasinan, Lingayen while San Carlos, Pangasi ...
, on the island of
Luzon
Luzon ( , ) is the largest and most populous List of islands in the Philippines, island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the List of islands of the Philippines, Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political ce ...
in the Philippines. Rising to a height of
ASL, it is located in the town of
Balungao
Balungao, officially the Municipality of Balungao (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,004 people.
History Early settlers
The town of Balungao was first inha ...
, about from the town center. It is the main tourist attraction of the town, along with the Balungao Hot and Cold Spring Resort nearby. Mount Balungao is listed as an
inactive volcano
A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often fou ...
by the
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS, ; ) is a Philippine national institution dedicated to provide information on the activities of volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, as well as other specialized information and ...
(PHIVOLCS).
The volcano is located in the flat agricultural
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
, near the border of the
Province of Nueva Ecija.
Listing
*
List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
This is a list of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines. Volcanoes with no record of eruptions are considered as extinct or inactive. Their physical form since their last activity has been altered by agents of weathering and erosion with the for ...
References
{{reflist
External links
Municipality of Balungao official website
Inactive volcanoes of the Philippines
Landforms of Pangasinan