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

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

Physical features

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 Fumarolic.[1]

Eruptions

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

Geology

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.

See also

• List of active volcanoes in the Philippines
• List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines
• List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
• Pacific Ring of Fire

References

На других языках

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[de] Amorong

Der Amorong ist der einzige Vulkan einer Kette von kleinen trachyandesitischen Lavadomen am Nordende der philippinischen Insel Luzon, welcher Aktivität in Form von Solfataren zeigt. Das Alter des Vulkankomplexes wurde mittels der Kalium-Argon-Datierung auf etwa 1,14 Millionen Jahre bestimmt.

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- [en] Mount Amorong

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[ru] Аморонг

Аморонг — вулкан, расположен на острове Лусон в провинции Пангасинан, Филиппины.

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