Facts Elevation: 1,003 m (3,291 ft) Prominence: 841 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Central Philippines Island: Cebu Coordinates: 10.4532, 123.8154 Rating: Bagging It! Mount Manunggal is located in Barangay Magsaysay in Balamban, Cebu province. The mountain is well known historically as the site where the presidential plane Mount Pinatubo crashed, killing President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others […]
Facts Elevation: 939 m (3,081 ft) Prominence: 939 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Central Philippines Island: Dinagat Coordinates: 10.3518, 125.6413 Rating: Bagging It! Mount Redondo is a mountain located on Dinagat Island in the Central Philippines, specifically in the Municipality of Loreto. It’s the highest peak on the island. A track leads high up the mountainside on
Facts Elevation: 2,291 m (7,516 ft) Prominence: 637 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Mindanao Coordinates: 8.6599, 125.0361 Rating: Bagging It! Mount Sumagaya gained attention following the tragic crash of Cebu Pacific Flight 387 in 1998—its fallen aircraft site lies on neighbouring Mount Lumot—not Sumagaya itself. Sumagaya is often climbed as part of a Sumagaya–Lumot traverse, which spans
Facts Elevation: 1,868 m (6,129 ft) Prominence: 836 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Mindanao Coordinates: 6.0797, 124.8864 Rating: Bagging It! Mount Melibengoy (also known as Mount Parker) is an andecitic-dacitic stratovolcano with a large 2.9 km-wide caldera forming Lake Holon (formerly Lake Maughan) near its summit. The volcano’s last major eruption occurred on January 4, 1641, resulting in
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Facts Elevation: 1,300 m (4,265 ft) Prominence: 678 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Mindanao Island: Camiguin Coordinates: 9.1994, 124.6759 Rating: Bagging It! Mount Hibok-Hibok, also known as Catarman Volcano, is an active stratovolcano on Camiguin Island in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. It is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and is the island’s only currently active volcano.
Facts Elevation: 342 m (1,122 ft) Prominence: 342 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Mindanao Island: Bongao Coordinates: 5.0187, 119.7477 Rating: Bagging It! Bud Bongao, also known as Sibutu Peak, is a small mountain located on Bongao Island, Tawi-Tawi province. The mountain actually consists of six limestone pillar peaks, with Sibutu Peak as the highest among them. Bud
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Facts Elevation: 811 m (2,661 ft) Prominence: 811 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Mindanao Island: Jolo Coordinates: 5.9972, 120.9625 Rating: Bagging It! Bud Tumantangis, also known as Mount Tumantangis, is the highest peak in Sulu, located on Jolo Island. The mountain holds significant cultural importance to the Tausug people and is sometimes translated as “weeping mountain” or
Facts Elevation: 2,151 m (7,057 ft) Prominence: 905 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Bali Coordinates: -8.2803, 115.4297 Rating: Photos Bagging It! If hiking up Gunung Batur behind hundreds of others doesn’t sound pleasant, or if you are hungry for another hike in the area, then nearby Gunung Abang is a brilliant choice. It is actually the highest
Facts Elevation: 1,448 m (4,751 ft) Prominence: 892 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: Perak Range: Banjaran Bintang Coordinates: 4.8591, 100.8154 Rating: Other names: Formerly known as ‘Maxwell Hill’. Photos Bagging It! Bukit Larut – or Maxwell Hill, as it was originally known – was founded by the British as a hill station at
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Java’s highest peak has been active for decades – a cloud of black volcanic ash and sand is frequently released from near the summit – sometimes once an hour, sometimes as often as every ten minutes. There have been numerous fatalities, but it is a popular and safe hike if you treat the mountain with respect and as Java’s highest peak, it is one of the finest hikes in Indonesia.
