Mayon
Mayon (; , ), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol, Philippines. A popular tourist destination, it is renowned for its "perfect cone" owing to its symmetric conical shape, and is regarded as sacred in Philippine mythology.
Details
- Age
- > 20,000 years
- Icon
- no
- Text
- Mayon (large red marker) with inactive cinder cones mentioned in text (small brown markers)
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Zoom
- 10
- Align
- center
- State
- Bicol Region
- Width
- 260
- Height
- 260
- Region
- Albay
- Country
- Philippines
- Map Alt
- Location map of Mayon volcano
- Frameless
- 1
- Image Map
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- Other Name
- {{unbulleted list|Mayon Volcano|Mount Mayon|}}
- State Type
- Region
- Elevation M
- 2463
- Region Type
- Province
- First Ascent
- Scotsmen Paton & Stewart (1858)
- Prominence M
- 2447
- Volcanic Arc
- Bicol Volcanic Arc
- Last Eruption
- January 6, 2026 (ongoing)
- Settlement Type
- Cities andmunicipalities