| Mount Makaturing | |||
| Elevation M: | 1908 | ||
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] | ||
| Listing: | Active volcano | ||
| Country: | Philippines | ||
| State: | BARMM | ||
| State Type: | Region | ||
| Region: | Lanao del Sur | ||
| Region Type: | Province | ||
| Settlement: | Butig | ||
| Settlement Type: | City/municipality | ||
| Map: | Mindanao#Philippines | ||
| Coordinates: | 7.65°N 143°W | ||
| Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcanic Arc/Belt: | Central Mindanao Arc | ||
| Last Eruption: | March 18, 1882 | ||
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Mount Makaturing, also known locally as Palaw a Magatoring, is a stratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines. It is found in the province of Lanao del Sur (particularly in the town of Butig) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Makaturing has an elevation of 1940m (6,370feet) and a base diameter of 290NaN0. It is part of a string of volcanoes called the Central Mindanao Arc.
The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanology Program, citing the Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World (Neumann van Padang, 1953), suggests that some eruptions were actually those of neighboring Ragang volcano.
Makaturing is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. All are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.[3]
On May 18, 1947, Philippine Air Force (PAF) commander Gen. Edwin Andrews died with 16 others when the C-47 transport plane carrying them crashed in Makaturing along with Senator Francisco C. Zulueta. Nine years later, the PAF established an air base in Zamboanga City and is now named the Edwin Andrews Air Base from where the Philippine military launches air support operations in the ongoing campaign against separatists.[4]