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Mount Amorong
Mount Amorong
	Mount Amorong Location within Luzon Mount Amorong Location within Philippines
Highest point
Elevation	376 m (1,234 ft)
Coordinates	15°49′41″N 120°48′18″E / 15.828°N 120.805°E
Geography
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	Pangasinan
Geology
Mountain type	Lava dome
Volcanic arc	Luzon Volcanic Arc
Last eruption	Pleistocene

Mount Amorong a potentially active lava dome, part of the Amorong Volcanic Group, is located at the northern end of Central Luzon in Umingan, Pangasinan, Region I, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

Physical features

Mount Amorong is one of a cluster of small lava domes and diatremes. It is the only one which currently exhibits any volcanic-related activities, being fumarolic and solfataric.^[1]

Listings

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lists Amorong as potentially active volcano.^[2]

The Smithsonian Institution lists Amorong as being Fumarolic.^[1]

Eruptions

The date of the last eruption is unknown, but possibly more than 1 million years before present.

Geology

The volcano's rock type is principally trachyandesite.

K-Ar dating of about 1.14 million years was obtained from the Amorong volcanic group.^[1]

It lies along the Eastern Bataan volcanic lineament of the Philippines.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Amorong Group". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
↑ "List of Inactive Volcanoes". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2010-12-19.

[gvp-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Amorong Group". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2010-12-19.

[phivolcs-2] "List of Inactive Volcanoes". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2010-12-19.

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