Most active Philippine volcanoes: Top 11

The series ‘Pinoy Records’ is back, and today, we will feature the most active volcanoes in the Philippines based on their number of eruptions. Active volcanoes in the Philippines, as categorized by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), include volcanoes in the country having erupted within historical times (within the last 600 years), with accounts of these eruptions documented by man; or having erupted within the last 10,000 years (holocene) based on analyses of datable materials. However, there is no consensus among volcanologists on how to define an "active" volcano. As of 2012, PHIVOLCS lists 23 volcanoes as active in the Philippines, 21 of which have historical eruptions and two strongly fumarolic volcanoes - Cabalian and Leonard Kniaseff. (SOURCE: Wikipedia)

1

Mayon

13.257°N 123.685°E | 2,462 metres (8,077 ft) | Albay

Erupted 50 times | Eruptions were recorded from 1616 to 2010. Permanently monitored.

2

Taal

14.002°N 120.993°E | 400 metres (1,300 ft) | Batangas

Erupted 33 times | Eruption years is from 1572 to 1977. Showing signs of unrest since 1991 and permanently monitored.

3

Kanlaon

10.412°N 123.132°E | 2,435 metres (7,989 ft) | Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental

Erupted 26 times | Eruptions were recorded from 1886 to 2006. Permanently monitored.

4

Bulusan

12.770°N 124.05°E | 1,565 metres (5,135 ft) | Sorsogon

Erupted 17 times | Eruptions years are from 1886 to 2011. Permanently monitored

5

Ragang

7.70°N 124.50°E | 2,815 metres (9,236 ft) | Lanao del Sur, Cotabato

Erupted 7 times | Eruption years are from 1765 to 1873. Eruptions were uncertain in 1915 and 1916.

6

Didicas

19.077°N 122.202°E | 244 metres (801 ft) | Cagayan

Erupted 6 times | Eruptions in 1773, 1856, 1900, 1952, 1969 and 1978. A submarine volcano till 1952 when a permanent island was formed.

6

Smith

19.534°N 121.917°E | 688 metres (2,257 ft) | Cagayan

Erupted 6 times | Eruption years are from 1652 to 1924. Combined with Babuyan Claro on the GVP list.

8

Hibok-Hibok

9.203°N 124.673°E | 1,552 metres (5,092 ft) | Camiguin

Erupted 5 times | Eruption in years 1827, 1862, 1871 and 1948–1952. Activity from 1897-1902 was only solfataric. Permanently monitored.

9

Pinatubo

15.13°N 120.35°E | 1,486 metres (4,875 ft) | Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga

Erupted 3 times | Reawakened in 1991 producing the 2nd largest eruption in the 20th century. Followed by milder eruptions in 1992 and 1993.

9

Babuyan Claro

9.523°N 121.940°E | 1,080 metres (3,540 ft) | Cagayan

Erupted 3 times | Eruptions were recorded in 1831, 1860 and 1913. Askedna Hot Springs is located in the southern base of the volcano.

9

Unnamed volcano (Ibugos)

20.33°N 121.75°E | −24 metres (−78.7 ft) | Batanes

Erupted 3 times | Submarine eruptions in 1773, 1850 and 1854.