Mount Malindang is a

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located in the

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of Misamis Occidental in the southern island of

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. It is the highest point in the province. The least studied mountain range was formed through several volcanic activities some of which could be historical, evident by the presence of two

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s, surrounded by high rock walls, cinder cones, dome volcano plugs, two sulfurous

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, and a crater lake named Lake Duminagat. The amphitheater structures have extensive distribution of volcanic rocks, carbonized wood that are found in pyroclastic deposits. The mountain range is dissected by several

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s and

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Classification

Malindang has unofficially historical eruptions but it believed to be in 1822 and is classified as inactive by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

Mount Malindang Natural Park

Mount Malindang and the whole Malindang Mountain Range's alluring qualities come from its waterfalls, crater lake and dense virgin forests which host diverse and rare species of flora and fauna. On June 19, 1971, the area was proclaimed as ''Mount Malindang National Park'' by virtue of ''Republic Act 6266''. Under the establishment of National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in 1992, the park was reclassified and was renamed as ''Mount Malindang Range Natural Park'' on August 2, 2002, through ''Proclamation No. 228''. The park encompasses three provinces – Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Sur and

Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Norte (Cebuano language, Cebuano: ''Amihanang Zamboanga''; Subanon language, Subanon: ''Utara Sembwangan''; ), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines situated w ...

– covering an area of of which about or 62% of forest remaining. About are cultivated and inhabited by

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mostly the Subanon tribe.

Fauna

The national park is known to harbor a rich and unique biodiversity that is yet to be explored. The mountain and its outlying areas, some unexplored, are home to some of the endemic and endangered species in the Philippines, which include:. * Greater Mindanao shrew (''Crocidura grandis'') *

Tarsier Tarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was prehistorically more globally widespread, all of the existing species are restricted to M ...

(''Carlito syrichta'') * Flying lemur (''Cynocephalus volans'') * Long-tailed macaque (''Macaca fascicularis'') * Philippine deer (''Cervus mariannus'') * Asian palm civet (''Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. philippinensis'') * Philippine warty pig (''Sus philippensis'') * Rough-armed tree frog (''Kurixalus appendiculatus'') * Marbled water monitor (''Varanus marmoratus'') * Philippine hawk-eagle (''Nisaetus philippensis'') * Philippine eagle (''Pithecophaga jefferyi'') * Rufous hornbill (''Buceros hydrocorax'') * Philippine hanging parakeet/ colasisi (''Loriculus philippensis'') * Philippine pygmy woodpecker (''Dendrocopos maculatus'')

Economic importance

Mount Malindang and its adjoining mountain range including Dapitan Peak and Mt Bliss, is a catchment area which drains water through 49 rivers and streams, and numerous creeks. It provides potable water for domestic, agricultural and other uses to more than one million inhabitants of Misamis Occidental and the eastern parts of

and Zamboanga del Sur.

ASEAN Heritage Park

Declared as

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(ASEAN) Heritage Park (AHP), during the 13th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment held October 13, 2011, in Cambodia. The three other Philippine AHPs are Mount Iglit-Baco National Park in Mindoro, Mount Kitanglad Range in Bukidnon, and Mount Apo Natural Park in Davao. It was officially launched on August 4, 2012, during the 2nd National ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP) Conference, sponsored by the ASEAN Center for Bio-diversity (ACB) at Oroquieta City.

References

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* {{Authority control Mountain ranges of the Philippines Malindang Malindang ASEAN heritage parks Landforms of Misamis Occidental Inactive volcanoes of the Philippines Natural parks of the Philippines Landforms of Zamboanga del Norte Landforms of Zamboanga del Sur World Heritage Tentative List for the Philippines Misamis Occidental