Mount Matutum

Mount Matutum

 

Location: 

Matutum is located in the province of South Cotabato, on the island of Mindanao, in the south of the Philippines, atgeographical coordinates 6°22'N, 125°06.5'E. It is 15 km north of Polomolok, and about 30 km north-northwest of General Santos City. Matutum is an active volcano, approximately 5.7 km from Acmonan, Tupi, South Cotabato, Philippines.

 

Physical Features:

Matutum is a stratovolcano that rises 2,286 meters asl with a base diameter of 25 km. It has 2 hot springs, called Acmonan and Linan, 5.7 km west-southwest of the volcano.

Adjacent volcanic edifices are Landayao, Tampad, and Albulhek, which are all west of the volcano, and Magolo to the north.

There is a well-preserved 320 metre wide crater at the volcano's summit. The crater is breached by three gorges and has a 120 metre deep, densely forested floor.

 

Eruptions:

Volcanologists suspect that Matutum may have had a phreatic explosion on March 7, 1911. Matutum is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines.

"Smoke" was seen at the volcano in 1911. This may have been caused by a phreatic eruption.

1911?, 1290 ± 40 years, 170 BC ± 75, 400 BC ± 50.