28/06/2025
🗺️ Map: Volcanoes of the Philippines
This visual map categorizes Philippine volcanoes based on their activity status, with references to data from:
• PHIVOLCS
• Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program (GVP)
🔍 Legend & Color Codes
• 🔴 Red Triangle – Active Volcano (PHIVOLCS-defined)
• 🟧 Orange Triangle – Active Volcano (GVP-listed Holocene volcano but not PHIVOLCS-active)
• 🟨 Yellow Triangle – Potentially Active (PHIVOLCS-defined)
• 🟢 Green Triangle – Inactive Volcano
Additional map features:
• 🟦 Blue shapes for Trenches
• ⬛ Darker blue patterns for Collision Zones
📚 Definitions
🟢 Inactive Volcano
• No recorded eruptions
• Heavily eroded and weathered
🟨 Potentially Active Volcano
• Morphologically young
• No historical or analytical eruption records
🔴 Active Volcano
• Erupted within the last 600 years
• Historically documented eruptions
🟧 Holocene Volcano (GVP)
• Volcanoes active within the last ~11,700 years
• Includes PHIVOLCS-listed active volcanoes
🔥 Sample Active Volcanoes by Region (Red/Orange Triangles)
Luzon
• Taal
• Mayon
• Pinatubo
• Iriga
• Isarog
• Camiguin de Babuyanes
• Bulusan
Visayas
• Kanlaon
• Biliran
• Mandaldagan
• Silay
Mindanao
• Hibok-Hibok
• Ragang
• Matutum
• Leonard Kniazeff
• Bud Dajo
🧭 Credits
• Cartography: For. Ozzy Boy S. Nicopior, EnP
• Please follow the Page: Maps by OBSN
• Sources:
• PHIVOLCS
• GVP Smithsonian
