Mount Halcon

The Halcon is the highest mountain on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It reaches an altitude of 2582 meters above sea level and is located in the province of Oriental Mindoro near the township Naujan.

It was created during the Eocene in the collision of the Palawan micro- plate with the corresponding to the Philippines - disk and its upstream philippinischenen fault zone, on the Philippine island archipelago lies. The rock is referred to as pre- Jurassic to Early Jurassic Halcon metamorphic rock. This is the oldest rock on the island of Mindoro and consists mainly of soapstone, phyllite, and minor amounts of minerals and other metamorphic rocks. This rock formation extends from the northwestern mountains to the central regions of the island.

The Halcon forms the boundary between two micro-climates on the island, which allows a wide variety of vegetation. The western slopes have a seasonal climate with distinct wet and dry seasons, while the eastern slopes of the steep mountain have a humid climate, with heavy rainfall distributed throughout the year. The Halcon and the surrounding mountains are an important water resource for the lying in lowland agricultural regions of the island.

A mountain forest and up to 2,200 meters to lowland rainforests extend to the eastern, lower mountain slopes up to about 1,000 meters to 1,700 meters high above a mountain rainforest. In addition to the summit of the mountain of scrub and heath vegetation is dominated. The Parang vegetation, a savanna vegetation, interspersed with small forests of deciduous trees and Mindoro pine trees that reach a height of only 10 to 12 meters extends on the western mountain slopes.

The area around the mountain is an important refuge for endangered bird species such as the Plate Dove ( Gallicolumba platenae ), the Mindoro pigeon ( Ducula mindorensis ), the spotted Fruit Dove ( Ducula carola ), the Rotsteißkakadu ( Cacatua haematuropygia ), the Mindorokukuck ( Centropus steerii ), the Mindoro hornbill ( Penelopides mindorensis ), the Mindoro - throttle ( Zoothera cinerea) or the Mindoromistelfresser ( Dicaeum retrocinctum ). The largest mammal is the Tamarau (Bubalus mindorensis ), who lives in the southeast of the mountain. There were also newly discovered species such as the Apomys gracilirostris or the Rajah rats ( Maxomys ) documents related species.

In the area around the Halcon, the Mangyan indigenous tribes of the Iraya and Alangan that are part of the indigenous people of the island of Mindoro live.

The area around the Halcon is not a natural or conservation area, but it is on the list of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for reforestation, since parts of the lowland rain forest have been destroyed in the early 1990s by slashing and burning.

A Japanese survivor of the Battle of Mindoro was discovered in April 1980 at Halcon, the soldier Fumio Nakahara. He survived since the end of combat operations for 35 years undetected in a small hut.

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  • Mountain in Asia
  • Mountain in the Philippines
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Naujan, Oriental Mindoro
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