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Mount Makaturing, also known locally as Palaw a Magatoring, is a
stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...
on
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island in the
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. It is located in the province of
Lanao del Sur Lanao del Sur (; Meranaw and ; Jawi ''(Batang Arab)'': ), officially the Province of Lanao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capital is the city of Marawi (th ...
(particularly in the town of
Butig Butig, officially the Municipality of Butig ( Maranao: ''Dalm a Butig''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,768 people. This ancient and royal town of th ...
) in the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM; ; ), is an Autonomous regions of the Philippines, autonomous region in the Philippines, located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao. Replacin ...
. Makaturing has an elevation of and a base diameter of . It is part of a string of volcanoes called the Central Mindanao Arc. The
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's Global Volcanology Program, citing the ''Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World'' (Neumann van Padang, 1953), suggests that some eruptions were actually those of neighboring Ragang volcano. Makaturing is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. All are part of the
Pacific Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about long and up to about wide, and surrounds most of the Pa ...
.


Historical events

On May 18, 1947,
Philippine Air Force The Philippine Air Force (PAF) () is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Initially formed as part of the Philippine Army as the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC) in 1935, the PAAC eventually saw combat ...
(PAF) commander Gen. Edwin Andrews died with 16 others when the C-47 transport plane, named '
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' carrying them crashed in Makaturing along with Senator Francisco C. Zulueta. Nine years later, the PAF established an air base in
Zamboanga City Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (; ; Subanen languages, Subanen: ''Bagbenwa Sembwangan''; Sama–Bajaw languages, Sama: ''Lungsud Samboangan''; ; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city i ...
, which is now named the
Edwin Andrews Air Base Edwin Andrews Air Base is located in Zamboanga, Philippines. The base operates through Runway 09/27, which has a length of , along with the Zamboanga International Airport and conducts air operations against insurgents like the Moro Islamic ...
from where the Philippine military launches air support operations in the ongoing campaign against separatists.


See also

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List of volcanoes in the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which ar ...
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List of active volcanoes in the Philippines As of 2018, the Philippines has 24 volcanoes listed as Volcano#Active, active by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Twenty-one of these have had historical eruptions. The three exceptions are Cabalian, which is a ...
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List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines This is a list of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines, as classified by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. List Gallery See also * List of active volcanoes in the Philippines * List of inactive volcan ...
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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 ...
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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 ...


References


External links


Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Makaturing Volcano Page (archived)
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