Cagua Volcano
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Cagua Volcano is a stratovolcano located in the Philippine province of Cagayan. It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines and has erupted twice in recorded history. Its last eruption was in 1907.
Geography
Cagua is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines located in the province of Cagayan in the Cagayan Valley Region of northern Luzon in the northernmost part of the Sierra Madre mountain range.[1] The mountain is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". south of Gonzaga, Cagayan and Script error: No such module "convert". south of Port Irene in Santa Ana, Cagayan.[2]
Geology
Activity of the early Pleistocene erupted basaltic andesite or effusive basalt. The volcano was covered by enormous lava flows from 600,000 to 300,000 years ago. It has seen activity ranging from phreatic eruptions to ash flows. The volcano is topped by a Script error: No such module "convert". wide crater marked by sharp and precipitous walls.
It has six hot springs. Maasok near the crater; Marafil in the northwest; Manaring, Script error: No such module "convert". north-northeast; San Jose, Script error: No such module "convert". north-northeast; Kabinlangan, Script error: No such module "convert". northwest and Paminta, Script error: No such module "convert". north-northwest.[2]
Eruptive activity
Two historical eruptions have taken place at the volcano. Activity in 1860 was a largely phreatic eruption though it was possibly followed by a pyroclastic flow. Renewed eruptions took place in October 1907 .[2]
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