Mount Amorong


Mount Amorong a potentially active volcano, part of the Amorong Volcanic Group, is located at the northern end of the Luzon Central Plain, in Pangasinan province, Region I, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

Physical Features

Amorong is one of a cluster of small lava domes and diatremes. It is the only one which currently exhibits any volcanic-related activities, being fumarolic and solfataric.

Listings

lists Amorong as Potentially active volcano.
The Smithsonian Institution lists Amorong as Fumarolic.

Eruptions

Date of the last eruption is unknown but possibly more than 1 million years before present.

Geology

Rock type is principally trachyandesite.
K-Ar dating of about 1.14 million years was obtained from the Amorong volcanic group.
It lies along the Eastern Bataan volcanic lineament of the Philippines.