Mount Pulag

Mount Pulag ( also known under the name of Mount Pulog ) is the third highest mountain in the Philippines and the highest peak on the northern main island of Luzon and is located in the south-central region of the Cordillera Central. At the summit, the boundaries meet the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya to each other. The historical Höhlenbegräbnsstätten the Ibaloi are partly on the flanks of the mountain, in them the Kabayan mummies were buried in the Middle Ages.

Climate

The climate at Mount Pulog is tropical with year round prevailing rainfall. The average annual rainfall is 4489 mm. The month of August with an average of 1135 mm, the wettest month.

Fauna and Flora

At Mount Pulag 528 plant species have been described. He is the natural range of the endemic dwarf bamboo ( Yushania niitakayamensis ) and the Benguetkiefer (Pinus insularis ). Under the indigenous flora and fauna, there are 33 species of birds and several endangered species of mammals such as the Philippines deer ( Rusa marianna or Cervus mariannus ), leading to the Borken climbers belonging kind Crateromys schadenbergi and the long -haired fruit bat ( Stenonycteris lanosus ).

On February 20, 1987, a large part of the mountain was declared the Mount Pulag National Park, thus to a better protection of the environment against the threats of increasing development such as conversion of uninfluenced by human land in agricultural area, timber production, hunting and increasing tourism be ensured.

The indigenous people of Benguet consider the mountain as a sacred place.

• Mountain in Asia
• Mountain in the Philippines
• Zweitausender
• Geography ( Luzon )
• Benguet
• Ifugao ( province )
• Nueva Vizcaya