Camiguin de Babuyanes

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The Camiguin de Babuyanes is an active stratovolcano on the island of Camiguin Iceland in the Philippines. The island of Camiguin is part of the Babuyan Archipelago in the province of Cagayan north of Luzon. The Camiguin de Babuyanes located in the southwest of the 22 -mile long island. It is wooded and reaches a height of 712 m above sea level, with a base diameter of about 3.2 kilometers.

In the last eruption around the year 1857, there was a phreatic explosion. Fumaroles are located in the southwest, west and east of the volcano. A boiling hot spring is located west of the volcano near the coast. Checks of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in the years 1991 and 1993 showed no evidence of increased volcanic activity.