Philippines Mountain Ultra-Prominence

PHILIPPINES MOUNTAINS

29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater

Welcome to the first ever listing of the prominent summits in the Philippines. These 29 summits, predominantly volcanoes, are found on eight islands. There are 11 summits on Mindanao, nine on Luzon, three on Palawan, two on Mindoro, and one each on four other islands.

Please note, summit elevation data is based mostly on maps from the Soviet Union. We welcome input from viewers with access to 1:50,000 Philippine topographic mapping; and will updated information as it becomes available. Also note that there are several spurious elevations for Mount Apo: We believe that the 2954m elevation is most consistent with the data.

This list is the one of 20 lists for the Asian ultra-prominence mountains, corresponding to "S" on the continental map. Please come back for an upcoming reference map and page for Asia.

Compiled 2005 by Jonathan de Ferranti and Aaron Maizlish

first listing, August 11, 2005

Rank	Summit Name	Island in the Philippines	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Saddle (m)	Latitude	Longitude	ID #	Elev. (ft)	Prom. (ft)	Notes

1	Mt. Apo	Mindanao (HP)	2954	2954	0	06º59'15"N	125º16'15"E	AS040	9691	9691
2	Mt. Pulog	Luzon (HP)	2922	2922	0	16º35'51"N	120º53'57"E	AS047	9609	9609
3	Mount Halcon	Mindoro (HP)	2582	2582	0	13º15'45"N	120º59'42"E	AS077	8471	8471
4	Mount Tagubud	Mindanao	2670	2580	90	07º26'42"N	126º13'36"E	AS076	8760	8464
5	Mayon Volcano	Luzon	2462	2447	15	13º15'21"N	123º41'09"E	AS093	8077	8028
6	Mount Katanglad	Mindanao	2938	2440	498	08º06'57"N	124º55'24"E	AS097	9639	8005
7	Canlaon Mtn.	Negros (HP)	2430	2430	0	10º24'36"N	123º07'48"E	AS102	7972	7972
8	Mount Malindang	Mindanao	2404	2290	114	08º13'03"N	123º38'12"E	AS128	7887	7513
9	Mount Madiac	Panay (HP)	2117	2117	0	11º23'21"N	122º09'42"E	AS165	6945	6945
10	Mount Mantaling	Palawan (HP)	2085	2085	0	08º49'06"N	117º40'30"E	AS180	6840	6840
11	HP Sibuyan Island	Sibuyan (HP)	2050	2050	0	12º25'00"N	122º34'09"E	AS188	6726	6726
12	High Peak	Luzon	2037	2015	22	15º28'54"N	120º07'15"E	AS198	6683	6611
13	Mount Isarog	Luzon	2000	1951	49	13º39'33"N	123º22'24"E	AS230	6562	6401
14	Mount Matutum	Mindanao	2286	1950	336	06º21'36"N	125º04'33"E	AS228	7500	6398
15	Mount Banahao	Luzon	2170	1919	251	14º04'03"N	121º29'33"E	AS247	7119	6296
16	Mount Hilong-hilong	Mindanao	1920	1838	82	09º05'48"N	125º42'18"E	AS287	6299	6030	[16]
17	Mount Mangabon	Mindanao	2480	1803	677	08º35'54"N	125º05'54"E	AS306	8136	5915
18	Mount Busa	Mindanao	2030	1661	369	06º06'33"N	124º41'09"E	AS444	6660	5449
19	Kioto Mountains	Mindanao	1816	1639	177	06º06'24"N	125º34'12"E	AS469	5958	5377
20	HP Camiguin Island	Camigiun (HP)	1630	1630	0	09º10'42"N	124º43'36"E	AS471	5348	5348
21	Victoria Peaks	Palawan	1709	1619	90	09º21'54"N	118º20'03"E	AS495	5607	5312
22	Mingan Mountains	Luzon	1901	1601	300	15º28'51"N	121º24'18"E	AS519	6237	5253
23	Mount Piapayungan	Mindanao	2815	1590	1225	07º41'27"N	124º30'27"E	AS514	9235	5216
24	Cleopatra Needle	Palawan	1608	1582	26	10º07'24"N	118º59'39"E	AS497	5276	5190
25	Mount Sicapoo	Luzon	2361	1581	780	18º00'48"N	120º56'21"E	AS517	7746	5187
26	Mount Baco	Mindoro	2364	1574	790	12º49'15"N	121º10'24"E	AS544	7756	5164
27	Bulusan Volcano	Luzon	1565	1547	18	12º46'09"N	124º03'24"E	AS557	5134	5075
28	Mount Labo	Luzon	1544	1524	20	14º00'48"N	122º47'15"E	AS581	5066	5000
29	Kalatungan Mountains	Mindanao	2880	1502	1378	07º57'18"N	124º48'09"E	AS615	9449	4928
These two summits appear to just miss the cut.
E1	Mount Hamiguitan	Mindanao	1620	1497	123	06º44'24"N	126º10'54"E	AS652	5315	4911
E2	Mount Calavite	Mindoro	1520	1462	58	13º28'54"N	120º24'12"E	AS689	4987	4797

FOOTNOTES

[16] Mt. Hilong-hilong (also known as Hilonghilong.) The commonly cited elevation is 2,012m. SRTM fairly conclusively indicates that that is way overstated. The true elevation seems to be in the range of 1,920m.

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