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The volcano is politically located in the Municipality of Calayan, Cagayan province, the town that has jurisdiction over the Babuyan Islands except Fuga Island.
Cagayan, northwestern portion of Babuyan Island
Coordinates 19°32′11.84″N121°54′46.24″E
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
Number of Historical Eruptions: 5
Latest Eruption/Activity: 1924
Eruption Type: phreatic, flank eruption
Volcanic Hazards: lava flow, tsunami
The Babuyan Islands are part of the Luzon Volcanic Arc, a chain of volcanic islands running between Luzon in the Philippines to the south and Taiwan to the north. The arc lies on the western fringe of the Philippine Sea Plate, on the boundary with the Yangtze Plate, which is being subducted beneath it. As the subducting plate sinks into the Earth's interior, it is heated by the planet's internal heat and partially melts. Some of the melted rocks then rise through the overlying Philippine Sea Plate, forming the volcanoes of the Luzon Arc.
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GEOLOGICAL FEATURES
Rock Type: Basalt
Tectonic Setting: Babuyan (Bashi) Segment of Luzon-Taiwan Arc.
PHYSICAL FEATURES
Elevation: 0.688 km
Base Diameter: 4.5 km
Smith volcano, also known as Mount Babuyan, is a cinder cone on the one of the Babuyan Islands off northern Luzon island in the Philippines.
Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program reports that there may be five Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic centers on Babuyan de Claro Island. The largest is Babuyan Claro, also known as Mt. Pangasun, an active stratovolcano with two summit craters 300 and 400 m in diameter. it is a cinder cone. Smith Volcano is 4 km northwest of Babuyan Claro and is the youngest volcano on the island.
WHERE EXACTLY IS IT?
Smith Volcano has erupted five times, the last of which was in 1924.
A team of volcanologists visited the island on July 8, 1993, to investigate reports of unusual volcanic activity. They found no activity and recorded no volcanic earthquakes.
Smith Volcano is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines, which are all part of the Pacific ring of fire.
SMITH VOLCANO
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