Mount Mariveles
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Mount Mariveles with Mount Limay to its right as seen from the entrance of Manila Bay. The island in the foreground right is Corregidor.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,388 m (4,554 ft) |
| Listing | Potentially active volcano |
| Coordinates | 14°31′26″N 120°27′50″E / 14.52389°N 120.46389°ECoordinates: 14°31′26″N 120°27′50″E / 14.52389°N 120.46389°E |
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 Mount Mariveles
Location within in the Philippines
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| Location | Bataan Peninsula, Luzon |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Bataan |
| Parent range | Zambales Mountains |
| Topo map | PCGS-2511 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano-Caldera complex |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Western Bataan Lineament |
| Last eruption | 2050 BCE |
Mount Mariveles, is a dormant volcano is the highest point in the province of Bataan in the Philippines. Mt. Mariveles and the adjacent Mount Natib comprise 80.9 percent of the total land area of the province. The mountain and adjacent cones lie opposite the city of Manila across Manila Bay, providing a beautiful setting for the sunsets seen from Manila.
Mount Mariveles lies at the southern end of the Zambales Mountains in the Bataan Peninsula, west of Manila Bay. Bataan province belongs to the Central Luzon or Region III of the Philippines.
Mariveles is a massive stratovolcano topped with a 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) summit caldera which drains to the north. The highest peak, called Mariveles, has an elevation of 1,388 metres (4,554 ft) asl. Mounts Pantingan, Bataan, Tarak, and Vintana are the other peaks of the volcano-caldera complex, which has a base diameter of 22 kilometres (14 mi).
Mount Samat on the northern slope and Mount Limay on the eastern slope, are major, youthful-looking parasitic cones of the volcano.
Mariveles is still thermally active with the following hot springs located within the complex: Tiis Spring, Saysain Spring, and Pucot Spring.
There are no recorded historical eruptions from Mariveles caldera. But archeologists report the last active eruption indicated by Radiocarbon dating occurring around mid-Holocene or about 2050 BCE.
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