NAME OF VOLCANO:                        CAMIGUIN DE BABUYANES                    

LOCATION:                                         Calayan Island,  Cagayan

                                                             (18°50'N, 121°51.6'E)    

PHYSICAL FEATURES

Elevation:  0.712 km

Base Diameter:  3.2 km

Type of Volcano:  Stratovolcano

GEOLOGICAL FEATURES

Rock Type:  Andesite         

Tectonic Setting:  Eastern Volcanic Chain of Babuyan (Bashi) Segment of Taiwan-Luzon Arc

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

Year:  1857

Site:  flank, submarine

Eruption Type:  Solfataric activity

Emergency investigations:

July 12, 1991 -  Ocular and instrumental investigations were conducted to verify report of alleged volcanic activity. Result of the investigation showed no sign of unusual volcanic activity such as intense fumarolic activity, felt earthquakes, fissuring at the volcano’s slopes and smell of sulfur odor.

July 10, 1993 - Result of aerial survey conducted at the volcano on July 10, 1993 revealed the absence of any visually observable volcano-related activity which may suggest volcanic unrest.