Mayon

Ash clouds rise above a pyroclastic flow traveling down the Buang valley on the upper NW flank of Mayon volcano in the Philippines on September 12, 1984. The toe of the advancing pyroclastic flow is visible at the lower right. These pyroclastic flows traveled down to 100 m elevation at rates of about 20 m/sec.

Type/Process: Pyroclastic Flow
Volcanic Status: Historical
Image Number: 018-031
Photographer: Olimpio Pena, 1984 (Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)
Summit Elevation: 2462 meters
Latitude/Longitude: 13.257 N / 123.685 E
Timeframe: Last known eruption 1964 or later
Region: Philippines and SE Asia