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 Do you have mountains or volcanoes in your country? If so, what is the highest mountain? Are your volcanoes active? Did you experience scaling the summit of any mountain?
The Philippines is made up of many mountains and volcanoes. The highest mountain and the most popular one to climb is Mount Apo.
This is our 6 highest mountains:1. Mt. Apo Davao, Mindanao 2958 meters
2. Mt. Pulog Luzon/Benguet 2931 meters
3. Mt. Tabayoc Benguet 2842 meters
4. Mt.Amuyao Mountain Province 2702 meters
5. Mt. Kapiligan Ifugao 2670 meters
6. Mount Halcon Mindoro 2585 meters
Our most active volcanoes are:1. Mount Mayon (Albay) 47 eruptions
2.Taal volcano (Batangas) 33 eruptions
3. Mount Kanlaon (Negros Oriental) 25 eruptions
4. Mount Bulusan (Sorsogon) 15 eruptions
5. Mount Ragang (Cotabato) 7 eruptions
6. Mount Makaturing (Lanao Del Sur) 7 eruptions
And to think that Mount Pinatubo is not here! This volcano is known to erupt every 600 years.
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1.  nitsy_s (759) | 2 years ago |  there are a few mountain ranges in my country, but no active volcanoes.
there is the Himalaya mountain range which we share with Nepal and Bhutan.
There is Mt Everest which is is Nepal and is of course the tallest mountain in the world .. stands at 8850 mts. Then there is the K2 which is the 2nd tallest in the world. stands at 8611 mts on the border of Pakistan and China....
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 everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Being an asian, I am familiar too with these mountains. Thanks for sharing these info. | |
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| 2. rolcam (12519) | 2 years ago |  1) We have a lot of Mountains in Australia.
2) Too numerous to list dowm.
3) Australia is a very big country.
4) We have NO volcanoes.
5) The highest Mountain in my State,
that is N S W. is Mount Kosciusko (7310 ft).It was named after a Polish Explorer.
There is a ski resort at the top and
I have been up there by car.
You can then go to the top by ski lifts.
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Wow that is cool! I have an aunt who lives in Sydney and is inviting me to visit your country. Maybe I will. Is ayers rock a mountain? That one is mysterious. | |
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 SunSix (11899) | 2 years ago |  There has not been any eruptions in Australia in this century. The most recent eruption in Australia was at Mt. Gambier, a shield volcano in the Newer Volcanic Province, South Australia, about 2,900 years ago.There are numerous interesting volcanic provinces n Australia. There are flood basalts of Cambrian age (about 650 million years old) northeast of Halls Crossing in northern Australia. Volcanism commenced about 70 million years ago at volcanic centers in southeast Queensland and northeast South Wales. Compositions range from basalt to rhyolite and includes shields, plugs, and domes. In north Queensland there are some very long basaltic lava flows. For example, at Undara a flow is 100 miles (160 km) long.
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Cool Sunsix! Yeah, I know there are volcanoes too in Australia because my cousins, who lived there, told me so. | |
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| 3. prasad1484 (31) | 2 years ago |  Nice pic u've put up ther...Well I'm from india & as uknow India is known for its flora & fauna
Though india doesn't have volcanoes, it sure has a lot oflofty peaks to boast of....The most famous being Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, which happens to be the 4th highest peak in the world.
then ther is mount K2 situated in the hindukush range, which is the 3rd highest in the world.
The himalayas itself happens to be the loftiest of mountain ranges in the world & contains the Famous Everest, Kunchenjunga & mount k2......Indai is a beautifulcountry to visit
And readiong abt phillipines &its active volcanoes,i sure would like tovisit it once in my lifetime.
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Although I can not scale those mountains in India, I know yours is a beautiful country. What I am interested and want to visit one day is your indigenous people and their culture. My country is a little different in the sense that we have more that 7000 islands and the number varies during low tide and high tide. | |
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| 4. shana123 (1145) | 2 years ago |  Mount Abu,kanchenjunga,doddbetta,kalsubhai,nandha devi,kamet are the mountain in india,at present we dont have any active volcanoes!mt.abu located in SIROHI district,MOUNT EVEREST/KANCHUNJUNGA is the 3rd highest mountain in world,doddabetta is located in udagamandalam/ooty,kamet is located between INDIA - CHINA border.
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | We both live in mountainous countries. Thanks for the info. | |
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 mom2chriskel (1000) | 2 years ago |  I just looked to see what the United States had. I'm most familiar with Mt St. Helens and the Hawaiian volcanoes. But Alaska has a bunch.
There are a total of 169 volcanoes in the U.S. I honestly wasn't aware there were that many! I know one of the ones I'm most interested in is the YellowStone caldera. If that one ever blows, it will be HUGE!
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| mom2chriskel (1000) | 2 years ago | whoops that wasn't supposed to be a comment..sorry! | |
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | With what is happening in our only earth, there are possibilities that volcanoes will become active. | |
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| 5. sunilkonda (798) | 2 years ago |  hi im from india and here there are more than 12 of the worlds highest peaks which cross the heights of 8000m are present in himalayas bordering china nepal tibet..mt everest (8848m is present in the himalayan range in nepal)..thse rare really beautiful
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | You seemed proud of this and you should be. Thanks for sharing. | |
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| 6. red_dragon (246) | 2 years ago |  yes...
in my country the worlds highest mountain lies...
i am proud to be an indian...
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Okay. Thanks for sharing this info. | |
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| 7. kimlot (4253) | 2 years ago |  Sounds like you love the mountains. Who can blame you they are beautiful. We have Mt.Hood which is one of our most beautiful mountains and then Mt.St.Helens which has erupted and is still and active volcano!
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Yes they are beautiful and serene. I am aware of St Helens when it erupted because it created flash flood. | |
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| 8. nutcase222 (465) | 2 years ago |  In my country(India) there are many great mountains but no volcano. some of them are:
kanchenjunga:8,586 m
Nanda Devi: 7,824m
Kamet:7,756m
Saser kangri:7,672m
Mana: 7,276m
badrinath: 7,138m
Trisul:7,120m
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| 9. Eskimo (1425) | 2 years ago |  In Scotland there is a number of mountains called Munros - all above 3000 feet, there are 284 of them and a lot of people try to climb every one of them. The highest is Ben Nevis, one of the most popular is Ben Lomand, at the side of Loch Lomand, this is just over 3000 feet High. There are also another group of mountains called Corbetts, these are 2500 - 3000 feet high, and 220 of these, again they are very popular with climbers and hill Walkers.
There are no active volcanoes in my country, although there are a number of extinct ones.
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Wow! I am not aware that you have that many mountains. Thanks for letting me know this info. | |
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| 10. cioppi (34) | 2 years ago | Near to me there is the Mount Vesuvius.... il Vesuvio!
:D
This buried the city of Pompei and Ercolano in 79 AD:) | |
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| everlasting (9089) | 2 years ago | Be careful if you live near those volcanoes! | |
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