Mount Malindig

Mount Malindig (also known as Mount Malindik and Mount Marlanga) is a large potentially active stratovolcano on the island of Marinduque in the Philippines. It is the highest peak in the island having an elevation of 1,157 metres (3,796 ft) above sea level. The name Marinduque itself may have been derived from Marindik or Malindik. This could be cognate of Visayan word "malindog". The tale told by the people of Buenavista, the town that sits at the foot of Malindig, is that during the Spanish times, a Spanish soldier got lost. He came upon a girl sitting down sorting rice. He asked her what was the name of this place. She replied in Tagalog matindig (translation: "Let me stand up") so she could get a better view of the area. The Spaniard mistook the girl and thought the mountain was called Matindig, and unable to enunciate Tagalog, he called it Malindig. Malindig is considered a potentially active volcano, in part because of the solfataric springs of Malbog. Its unique location, at the

Elevation: 1157 m

Country: Southeast Asia

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