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    Mayon: Stratovolcano "Perfect Cone"

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    Mayon is an active stratovolcano located in Albay Province in the Philippines that has erupted over 51 times in the past 400 years. It is renowned for its symmetrical conical shape and was the first area in the Philippines to be declared a national park in 1938. Local folklore names the volcano after a legendary princess. The volcano was the site of a destructive 1814 eruption and is now at the center of a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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    Mayon is an active stratovolcano located in Albay Province in the Philippines that has erupted over 51 times in the past 400 years. It is renowned for its symmetrical conical shape and was the first area in the Philippines to be declared a national park in 1938. Local folklore names the volcano after a legendary princess. The volcano was the site of a destructive 1814 eruption and is now at the center of a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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    Mayon is an active stratovolcano located in Albay Province in the Philippines that has erupted over 51 times in the past 400 years. It is renowned for its symmetrical conical shape and was the first area in the Philippines to be declared a national park in 1938. Local folklore names the volcano after a legendary princess. The volcano was the site of a destructive 1814 eruption and is now at the center of a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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    Mayon is an active stratovolcano located in Albay Province in the Philippines that has erupted over 51 times in the past 400 years. It is renowned for its symmetrical conical shape and was the first area in the Philippines to be declared a national park in 1938. Local folklore names the volcano after a legendary princess. The volcano was the site of a destructive 1814 eruption and is now at the center of a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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    MAYON

    Is an active stratovolcano, erupting over 51 times in the past 400 years,in the province of Albay in Bicol Region, on the large
    island of Luzon in the Philippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its symmetric conical shape, the volcano and its
    surrounding landscape was declared a national park on July 20 of 1938, the first in the nation. It was reclassified a Natural Park and
    renamed as the Mayon Volcano Natural Park in 2000. Local folklore refers to the volcano being named after the legendary princess-
    heroine Daragang Magayon (English: Beautiful Lady). Numerous festivals and rituals are associated with the volcano and its
    landscape. The volcano is the epicenter of the Albay Biosphere Reserve, declared by UNESCO in 2016. The most destructive eruption
    of Mayon occurred on February 1, 1814. The first record of a major eruption was witnessed in February 1616 by Dutch explorer Joris
    van Spilbergen who recorded it on his log in his circumnavigation trip around the world.

    Last eruption: January 14, 2018 (ongoing)

    TAAL VOLCANO
    Is a complex volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines
    with 33 historical eruptions. All of these eruptions are concentrated on Volcano Island, an island near the middle of Taal Lake. The
    lake partially fills Taal Caldera, which was formed by prehistoric eruptions between 140,000 and 5,380 BP. The volcano had several
    violent eruptions in the past causing loss of life in the island and the populated areas surrounding the lake, with the death toll
    estimated at around 5,000 to 6,000. Although the volcano has been quiet since 1977, it has shown signs of unrest since 1991, with
    strong seismic activity and ground fracturing events, as well as the formation of small mud pots and mud geysers on parts of the
    island. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) regularly issues notices and warnings about current
    activity at Taal, including ongoing seismic unrest.

    Last eruption: October to November 1977

    MOUNT PINATUBO

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