Global Volcanism Program

The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Mariveles.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Mariveles.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Mariveles.

This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Cones

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Limay

Cone

912 m

14° 32' 13" N

120° 31' 56" E

Samat

Cone

544 m

14° 36' 17" N

120° 30' 29" E

Thermal

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Balong Anito

Thermal

Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

Latitude
Longitude

273081

Pleistocene

1,388 m / 4,554 ft

14.527°N
120.482°E

Morphology

Volcano Landform
Composite

Volcano Types
Stratovolcano
Caldera

Rock Types

Major
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Tectonic Setting

Subduction zone
Continental crust (> 25 km)

Population

Within 5 km
Within 10 km
Within 30 km
Within 100 km

903
48,079
455,154
25,981,912

Geological Summary

The low Mariveles stratovolcano lies at the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, on the west side of Manila Bay. This massive, dominantly andesitic, volcano includes a 4-km-wide caldera that drains to the north. Flank cones are located to the NNE (Mount Samat) and E (Mount Limay). Although one source (NRC, 1979) noted an eruption dated at 4,000 years before present, no details were available about the sample or method. Other age determinations (EBASCO, 1977) of lava flow samples ranged from about 3.5 million to 190,000 years old.

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

Commission on Volcanology (COMVOL), 1981. Catalogue of Philippine volcanoes and solfataric areas. Philippine Commission on Volcanology, compiled by B. Yambao and G.A. Andal, 87 p..

Defant M J, Maury R C, Ripley E M, Feigenson M D, Jacques D, 1991. An example of island-arc petrogenesis: geochemistry and petrology of the southern Luzon arc, Philippines. J Petr, 32: 455-500.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1979. (pers. comm.).

PHIVOLCS, 2018-. Volcanoes of the Philippines. https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php/volcano-hazard/volcanoes-of-the-philippines.

Wolfe J A, Self S, 1983. Structural lineaments and Neogene volcanism in southwestern Luzon. In: Hayes D E (ed) The Tectonic and Geological Evolution of Southeast Asian Seas and Islands: Part 2, Amer Geophys Union Monograph 27.

Yumul G P Jr, Dimilanta C B, Bellon H, Faustino D V, de Jesus J V, Tamayo R A Jr, Jumawan F T, 2000. Adakitic lavas in the Central Luzon back-arc region, Philippines: lower crustal partial melting products?. The Island Arc 9, 499-512.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 0 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

[ 2050 BCE (?) ] Uncertain Eruption

Episode 1 \| Eruption
2050 BCE (?) - Unknown				Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Mariveles.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Mariveles.

Photo Gallery

The low-profile Mariveles volcano forms the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, on the W side of Manila Bay, and contains a 4-km-wide caldera that opens to the N. A Holocene eruption has been radiocarbon dated at 4,000 years before present. The city of Manila at the lower right lies 50 km across the bay from the volcano.

NASA Space Shuttle image, 1992 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).

GVP Map Holdings

Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Mariveles in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

External Sites

Copernicus Browser

The Copernicus Browser replaced the Sentinel Hub Playground browser in 2023, to provide access to Earth observation archives from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, the main distribution platform for data from the EU Copernicus missions.

WOVOdat
   Single Volcano View
   Temporal Evolution of Unrest
   Side by Side Volcanoes

WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

GVMID Data on Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure The Global Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure Database GVMID, is aimed at documenting and improving capabilities of volcano monitoring from the ground and space. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments.

IRIS seismic stations/networks

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Mariveles. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.

UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations

Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Mariveles. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.

Large Eruptions of Mariveles

Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

EarthChem

EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).