You are on page 1of 1

“Mayon Volcano”

In Philippines there are many beauty of nature. One of this is the


Mayon Volcano in Albay which is located in Bicol. It is an active Volcano.
There are many volcanoes in the Philippines, but only the Mayon Volcano
has the perfect shaped renowned as “perfect cone”.
Mayon Volcano is an active stratovolcano. The current cone was
formed through pyroclastic and lava flows from past eruptions. Mayon is
the most active of the active volcanoes in the Philippines, having erupted
over 49 times in the past 400 years.
It is located on the eastern side of Luzon, beside the Philippine Trench
which is the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is driven
under the Philippine Mobile Belt. Where a continental plate or belt of
continental fragments meets an oceanic plate, the lighter continental
material overrides the oceanic plate, forcing it down into the Earth's mantle.
Magma may be forced through weaknesses in the continental crust caused
by the collision of the tectonic plates. One such exit point is Mayon.
On October 13, 2008 it was included in New 7 Wonders of Nature Top
10 list. However, it did not make the cut to the Top 25 finalists, giving way
to the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, another site in the Philippines.

You might also like