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Mount Mirador is a mountain situated in the city of Baguio in the Cordillera Central mountain range, Luzon Island in the Philippines. A meteorological station was established on September 1909 and was the second highest station during that time with the first being the meteorological station in Mount Fuji.[2] Said station was also equipped with a time ball and a typhoon signal for the benefit of Baguio city.[3]

Mount Mirador
Mount Mirador
Mount Mirador
Mount Mirador (Philippines)
Highest point
Coordinates16°25′00″N 120°35′00″E
Geography
LocationLuzon
CountryPhilippines
RegionCordillera Administrative Region
ProvinceBenguet
City/municipalityBaguio[1]
Parent rangeCordillera Central

The mountain provided pockets of Japanese resistance against the USAFIP-NL guerrilla regiment during the liberation of Baguio city.[4]



References


  1. The Philippine Journal of Science. Bureau of Science. 1924. p. 339. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. Algue SJ, Jose (July 1910). New Observatory in the Philippines. America Press. p. 511. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. Interior, Philippines Department of the (1910). Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior to the Philippine Commission for the Fiscal Year Ended ... Bureau of Printing. p. 64. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. "Liberation of Baguio City - PVAO". Philippine Veteran Affairs Office. Retrieved 20 February 2022.


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