Mount Matutum

The Matutum is a volcano on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is located 15 kilometers north of the township Polomolok, South Cotabato and about 30 kilometers north- northwest of the city of General Santos. On the northeast flank of the mountain is one of the sources of Buayan River, which drains the region around the Matutum the bay of Sarangani.

Volcanism

The Matutum is one of the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines and is within the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire. He is a stratovolcano with a height of 2,286 meters and a base diameter of 25 kilometers. At the top there is a volcano 320 meters wide and 120 meters deep crater has formed.

Reports of a phreatic explosion on March 7, 1911 are classified as not secured. The last known outbreak secured is dated on the basis of radiocarbon dating in the late 13th or early 14th century.

Mount Matutum Protected Landscape

The protected landscape area Mount Matutum Protected Landscape was declared on 25 March 1995 with the ratification of the Presidential Decree 552 under Fidel V. Ramos. The reserve covers a forest area of ​​14,000 hectares, of which 3,000 acres are part of the core component. It covers an altitude range 1290-2270 meters above sea level and is classified as a mountain forest.

The protected area around the mountain is an important refuge of Apolori ( trichoglossus johnstoniae ), the gray breast Mistelfresser ( Dicaeum proprium ), the Bartlett - dagger Dove ( Gallicolumba criniger ) and the Philippine Eagle ( Pithecophaga jefferyi ). The Matutum - Rotbrust- Grundschnäpper ( Ficedula hyperythra matutumensis ) is even endemic to the Matutum. It has been found on Matutum total of 110 plant and 57 animal species.

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