Philippine Volcanoes: How Many Volcanoes Are In The Philippines?

This is the total number of Philippine volcanoes

Philippine Volcanoes – How many volcanoes are in the Philippines? This is the answer from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

A volcano is defined as hill or a mountain where molten or hot rocks with gaseous material have been are being ejected. It can also be a crater, depression, hill or mountain that due to the removal of pre-existing material or by accumulation of ejected materials is formed.

The Philippines lies on a unique tectonic setting that is ideal for volcanism and earthquake activity, between the boundaries of 2 tectonic plates, which are the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian plate. That is the reason why there are many volcanoes in the country.

These are classified as active volcanoes that erupted within historical times or within the last 600 years. Here is the list of Philippine volcanoes and where they are located.