Mount Kitanglad

Mount Kitanglad

Mt. Kitanglad viewed from Impasug-ong, Bukidnon
Highest point
Elevation 2,899 m (9,511 ft) [Note 1]
Prominence 350 m (1,150 ft)
Coordinates 8°8′34″N 124°54′45″E / 8.14278°N 124.91250°E / 8.14278; 124.91250Coordinates: 8°8′34″N 124°54′45″E / 8.14278°N 124.91250°E / 8.14278; 124.91250
Geography
Mount Kitanglad

Location of Mount Kitanglad in the Philippines

Location Philippines
Parent range Kitanglad Mountain Range
Climbing
Easiest route Intavas, La Fortuna, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon

Mount Kitanglad is an inactive volcano[9] located in the Kitanglad Mountain Range in Bukidnon province on Mindanao island. It is the fourth highest mountain in the Philippines and has an approximate height of 2,899 meters.[Note 1] It is located between Malaybalay City and the municipalities of Lantapan, Impasugong, Sumilao, and Libona.

The name "Kitanglad" was derived from a legend that there was once a great flood that submerged the native lands of Bukidnon and only the tip of the mountain, the size of a "tanglad" (lemon grass), remained visible ("kita" in Visayan). It is considered as an ancestral domain of several old cultural communities like the Bukidnons, Higaonons and Talaandigs.

Mount Kitanglad was proclaimed a protected area under the natural park category through Presidential Proclamation 896 dated October 24, 1996. On November 9, 2000, Mt. Kitanglad finally became a full-pledge protected area when Congress approved R.A. 8978 also known as the Mt. Kitanglad Range Protected Area Act of 2000.

In 2009, Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park (MKRNP) was declared as an ASEAN Heritage Park.[10]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Elevation information varies between sources. Several sources evaluated as very reliable for this information give the elevation of Mount Kitanglad as 2,899 m.[1][2][3] Several sources evaluated as less reliable for this information list a mountain named "Mount Katanglad" (spelled with "Ka" instead of "Ki") with an elevation of 2,938 m.[4][5][6] Information gathered from the more reliable sources mentioned previously suggests that the elevation information in these sources is in error for Mount Kitanglad, and may refer to the nearby peak of Mount Dulang-dulang. Since the discovery of this error, Peakbagger (a site previously in error over the confusion between the two peaks) now has a verified page for "Mount Dulang-dulang",[7] confirming the above information for that peak. Additionally, Peakbagger now also has a page for "Mt. Kitanglad" (with the correct spelling with an "i" and the corrected elevation data)[8] explaining the mistake, though the Kitanglad page does contain a disclaimer stating its information is currently unverified.

References

  1. ↑ "Mt. Kitanglad (2,899+)" PinoyMountaineer.com. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  2. ↑ A. Townsend Peterson; Thomas Brooks; Anita Gamauf; Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez; Neil Aldrin D. Mallari; Guy Dutson; Sarah E. Bush; Dale H. Clayton & Renato Fernandez (2008). "The Avifauna of Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines" (PDF). Fieldiana Zoology. Field Museum of Natural History (114): 1–43 [2].
  3. ↑ Agnes C. Rola, Antonio T. Sumbalan & Vellorimo J. Suminguit (2004). Realities of the Watershed Management Approach: The Manupali Watershed Experience (PDF). Discussion Paper Series No. 2004-23. Philippine Institute for Development Studies. p. 4 (note 6).
  4. ↑ "Mount Katanglad". Peakery. Retrieved 2012-03-13. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "Mount Katanglad, Philippines". Peakbagger. Retrieved 2012-03-13. External link in |work= (help)
  6. ↑ "PHILIPPINES MOUNTAINS : 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater". Peaklist. Retrieved 2012-03-13. External link in |work= (help)
  7. ↑ "Mount Dulang-dulang, Philippines" Peakagger.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  8. ↑ "Mt. Kitanglad" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  9. ↑ PHIVOLCS' List of Inactive Volcanoes
  10. ↑ De Vera, Ellalyn B. (2 November 2009). "Mount Kitanglad named an ASEAN Heritage Park". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 29 April 2010.

Further reading

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