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| This picture of Mount Matutum is taken from
_VMEPD/Volcano/VolcanoList/matutum.htm
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- Matutum is a stratovolcano that rises 2,286 meters asl with a base diameter of 25 km.
It has 2 hot springs, called Akjmoan and Linan, 5.7 km west-southwest of the volcano.
Adjacent volcanic edifices are Landayao, Tampad, and Albulhek, which are all west of the volcano, and Magolo to the north.
There is a well-preserved 320 metre wide crater at the volcano's summit. The crater is breached by three gorges and has a 120 metre deep, densely forested floor.
Volcanologists suspect that Matutum may have had a phreatic explosion on March 7, 1911.
Matutum is one of the active volcanos in the Philippines. All are part of the Pacific ring of fire.
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What catches my attention is that portion "Volcanologists suspect that Matutum may have had a phreatic explosion on March 7, 1911". There's a wind-whispered belief of the old that this volcano celebrates its birthday every 100 years. It's now September 2011 and this great edifice seems to forget its hazy, supposed to be birthday. The populace of South Cotabato or the whole Socsargen area would be very thankful and happy if this how-many-centuries old gift of nature will just stay silently contented on its watching over the vast pineapple plantation and a factory of a multi-national corporation that supports the living, directly or indirectly, of hundreds of thousands and more of filipinos.
