Mount Marami

Mount Marami
Mount Mataas na Gulod

Mt. Marami and Mataas na Gulod
Highest point
Coordinates 14°12′16″N 120°41′11″E / 14.20444°N 120.68639°E / 14.20444; 120.68639Coordinates: 14°12′16″N 120°41′11″E / 14.20444°N 120.68639°E / 14.20444; 120.68639
Geography
Mount Marami

Location within the Philippines

Location Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape, Luzon
Country Philippines
Region CALABARZON
Provinces
Municipalities
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Bataan Arc
Last eruption Unknown

Mount Marami, or Mataas na Gulod Boulders, is a dormant volcano in Cavite province on the island of Luzon, Philippines. The mountain rises to an elevation of 405 m (1,329 ft) above mean sea level and is one of the ancient volcanic features of Bataan Arc.[1]

History

The rock pillars feature was once called as Nagbuo by the locals. And as soon as mountaineers frequented the area, it was called Marami (en. plenty) as referencing to its feature having multiple rocky pillars. [2]

Hiking activity

The Silyang Bato is an adjacent rock pillar feature from Mt. Marami's Summit of Maragondon, Cavite in the Philippines

See also

References

  1. Tectonophysics. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers. 1990. p. 266.
  2. "Mt. Marami (405+)". Pinoy Mountaineer. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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