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Matutum
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Matutum Volcano, is a volcano on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is 15 km north of Polomolok, South Cotabato and about 30 km north-northwest of General Santos City (6°22'N, 125°06.5'E).
Matutum is a stratovolcano that rises 2,286 meters with a base diameter of 25 km.
It has 2 hot springs, called Akjmoan and Linan, 5.7 km of west-southwest of the volcano and its adjacent volcanic edifices are Landayao, Tampad and Albulhek, which are all west of the volcano, and Magolo in the north.
There is a well-preserved 320-m-wide crater at the volcano's summit. The crater is breached by three gorges and has a 120-m-deep, densely forested floor.
Volcanologists have suspect that Matutum may have had a phreatic explosion on March 7, 1911.
Matutum is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines: Babuyan Claro, Banahaw, Bulusan, Mount Biliran, Bud Dajo, Cagua, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Hibok-Hibok, Iraya, Mount Iriga, Mount Kanlaon, Leonard Kniaseff, Makaturing, Mayon, Musuan, Mount Parker (Cotabato), Pinatubo, Ragang, Smith Volcano, Taal. They are all part of the so-called "Pacific ring of fire."
- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Matutum Volcano Page
- Smithsonian Insitution's Global Volcanism Program
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