Mt.

Apo

Apo volcano is the highest peak in the Philippines, but its

geologic history is poorly known. Apo, which means
master, or grandfather, rises to 2938 m SW of the coastal
city of Davao and has a flat-topped summit with three
peaks. The SW peak of the andesitic-to-dacitic volcano,
also known as Davao volcano, is the highest and contains
a 500-m-wide crater containing a small lake. The
youngest crater is on the northern peak. A line of
solfataras rises from a fissure on the SE side that extends
from 2400 m to the summit. Apo is one of several
volcanoes to which the major 1641 eruption from Parker
volcano was incorrectly attributed to, but no historical
eruptions are known from Apo.
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