Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active volcano in the province of Albay, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its almost symmetric conical shape, Mayon forms the northern boundary of Legazpi City, the largest city in terms of population in the Bicol Region. The mountain is a national park and a protected landscape in the country proclaimed as Mayon Volcano Natural Park in the year 2000.
Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines having erupted over 48 times in the past 400 years. Its 48th eruption was a quiet effusion of lava on July 14, 2006. The small summit explosion which occurred on August 10, 2008 is considered as part of the ongoing activity since 2006. Starting in January 2011, the volcano is weakly erupting and may be building up to a larger hazardous eruption. It is one of the most beautiful volcanic cones anywhere in the world and is visible for miles around in the otherwise flat landscape of the region.
The name Mayon is derived from the Bicolano word Magayon, which means ‘beautiful”
And beautiful she is… (and the pictures hardly do it justice)
I will miss her.
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