Showing posts with label Mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mountains. Show all posts

Monday, February 1, 2016

Mt Data (Benguet & Mountain Province)




Mount Data is a mountain located in the Cordillera Central mountain range rising to a height of 2,310 meters (7,578 feet) in the north of Luzon Island, Philippines. It is about 50 kilometers north of Baguio on the borders of the provinces of Benguet and Mountain Province along the Halsema Highway. The mountain and surrounding area has been declared a National Park since 1936. In 1940 the park was expanded to 5512 hectares. The slopes of the mountain are covered with pine forests and mossy oak forests.
Fauna
Mount Data is known for its great biological diversity and is a place that has long been in the attention of biologists. In 1895, the Englishman John Whitehead gathered a vast collection of mammals and birds from the mountain. This mammal collection was then donated to the British Museum. A research by renowned zoologist Oldfield Thomas showed that many unknown species inhabit the area. Half a century later, a large collection of small mammals was collected by an expedition led by the Filipino biologist Dioscoro S. Rabor. Some of these mammals are Carpomys melanurus (short-footed Luzon tree rat) and Carpomys phaeurus (white-bellied Luzon tree rat). 
In addition to several rare species of mammals, there are also some bird species like the Collocalia whiteheadi (Whitehead's swiftlet) which was only known then from a specimen that was caught during the expedition of John Whitehead on the mountain.

Mt Abao (Mt. Province)


Mount Abao is next to Mount Abao and is located in Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines

Mt Balatucan (Mt. Province)

Mt Dulang-Dulang (Bukidnon)



Mount Dulang-dulang, dubbed by Filipino mountaineers as "D2", is one of the high elevation peaks in the Kitanglad Mountain Range, located in the north central portion of the province of Bukidnon in the island of Mindanao. It is the second highest mountain of the Philippines at 2,941 metres (9,649 ft) above sea level, second only to Mount Apo of Davao at 2,956 m (9,698 ft) and slightly higher than Mount Pulag of Luzon, the third highest at 2,922 m (9,587 ft).

The mountain is regarded by the Talaandig tribe of Lantapan as a sacred place. It is also within the ancestral domain of the tribe

Mount Dulang‑dulang is located in Philippines

Geography
Mount Dulang-dulang, similar to other peaks located in the Kitanglad Mountain Range, is covered by lofty forests and is a home to a variety of fauna and flora. It is home to 58 mammal species including bats, squirrels, monkeys, wild boars, flying lemurs, shrews, and deer.[1] The Philippine eagle is also sighted within the vicinity of the mountain.

Hydrological features
the Mount Dulang-dulang including of Range Kitanglad Mountain Range the headwater catchment area of several major river systems Follow by Maagnao River and Alanib River the River Collecting of Pulangi River, to drain of Rio Grande de Mindanao in Cotabato City



Mt Pulag (Benguet)



Mount Pulag is the 3rd highest mountain in the Philippines  It is Luzon’s highest peak at 2,922 meters above sea level. The borders between the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya meet at the mountain's peak.

It is the third highest mountain in the Philippines, next to Mount Apo and Mount Dulang-dulang.

Mount Pulag is famous for its majestic "sea of clouds" and the view of the Milky Way Galaxy at dawn, which has attracted many tourists who wish to see the "other-worldly" scenery.