Here I am again talking about Mount Pulong Bato!http://inpinaysfootsteps.blogspot.com/2011/09/cruz-mayor-of-abong-abong-pasonanca.html
This place is close to my heart and many see this as the landmark in Zamboanga City. But, there are also many who has taken for granted that this huge monolith is here in our city.
Here is what I got from Wikipedia about Mount Pulong Bato!
Mount Pulong Bato
Mount Pulong
Bato is a monolith located
in Zamboanga City at the Zamboanga
Peninsula, the western tip of the island of Mindanao in
the Philippines. The
mountain is situated in the Upper Abong-Abong Park, inBarangay Pasonanca,
only a few kilometers away from the city's downtown section.
Geology
Pulong Bato
became infamous because when the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology(PHIVOLCS)
confirmed the mountain is a volcano which is unknown to most people. What is
unusual about the mountain is, unlike the other mountains surrounding the city,
only Mt. Pulong Bato is made from solid rock.[3]
According to
PHIVOLCS, the volcano is an Intrusion type
of volcano meaning it was formed within earth's crust. Magma was pushed from
the beneath the earth surface but did not come out through an eruption like a
typical volcano (Extrusion).
The magma eventually solidified while it is still enclosed by softer rocks,
which was later exposed by erosion or weathering, a process that could take
thousands of years.
Holy
Week observance
The mountain is
near the premises of the famous Abong-Abong Park, where both domestic and
foreign catholic devotees pilgrimage annually during Holy Week to observe the holiday and meditate.[3]
References
2. ^ Malpas, J. and Fletcher,
C.J.N. "Aspects of the tectonic evolution of China", p.308.
Geological Society of London, 2004.
Interestingly, our Zamboanga City has an extinct volcano! This better not erupt, with all the unusual phenomena all over the world!!!
By the way, here is Promding Chamimay's link to her back of the Pulong Bato trek!!! http://www.promdingchamimay.com/2012/06/back-of-pulong-bato-trek.html
