Blit Volcano
Updated: Mar 29, 2024 09:54 GMT -
Unknown 1198 m / 3930 ft
Philippines, 6.96°N / 124.23°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Philippines, 6.96°N / 124.23°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Blit volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Mt. Blit, a poorly known volcanic complex in south-central Mindanao, south of Cotabato City, has two main summits. The youngest dated rocks of the basaltic-to-dacitic volcano, also known as Blik, are about 760,000 years old.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Blit Volcano Photos
Lightning in eruption column from an explosion of Sakurajima volcano, Japan (2013) (Photo: Martin Rietze)
The same eruption two minutes after the start still goes on strong, with much lightning and fountains of lava and ash. Sakurajima volcano, Japan, 27 Sep 2013. (Photo: Tom...
Lightning in the eruption ash column of an explosion of Anak Krakatau (Nov 2010) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
One of the rare (every 2-12 hrs approximately) vulcanian-type explosions at night with a large lightning forming inside the turbulent ash cloud. (1 Sep 09) (Photo: Tom Pf...