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Timpoong and Hibok-Hibok Natural Monument is a Philippine natural monument located in Northern Mindanao on the island of Camiguin. It encompasses two scenic volcanoes in the Camiguin Mindanao range that span the core of Camiguin: Mount Mambajao, which includes Mount Timpoong, its highest peak, and Mount Catarman, which includes Mount Hibok-Hibok, the island's only currently active volcano. Established in 2004 through Proclamation No. 570 issued by President Gloria Arroyo, the natural monument is an important watershed containing the only remaining rainforest on Camiguin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Proclamation No. 570, s. 2004 )〕 It supports a variety of endemic flora and fauna and is also noted for its waterfalls, rivers and springs.〔 During the 13th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment in 2015, the Timpoong and Hibok-Hibok monument was formally declared an ASEAN Heritage Park. ==Description== The protected area stretches along the central and western interior of the island of Camiguin. It also includes a buffer zone of surrounding Mount Hibok-Hibok and surrounding Mount Timpoong, and extends into four of the five municipalities on the island: Mambajao, Catarman, Mahinog and Sagay.〔 At above sea level, Mount Timpoong is the highest peak of Mount Mambajao. Mambajao is the central and largest of the island's three volcanic mountains (the others being Mount Catarman and Mount Sagay, also known as Mount Guinsiliban). Mount Mambajao's other peaks are Mambajao Peak at above sea level, and an unnamed peak with an elevation of . It has flank vents located on Campana Hill and Minokol Hill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Volcanos – The Island Born of Fire )〕〔 Located just northwest of Mambajao is Mount Catarman. Its highest peak is Mount Hibok-Hibok which measures in elevation and is classified as an active stratovolcano. Mount Tres Marias and Mount Vulcan Daan (Old Volcano) are Mount Catarman's other peaks.〔〔 The protected area is also noted for its hydrological features, many of which are popular among tourists and hikers. They include waterfalls such as the Katibawasan, Binangawan and Tuasan Falls, cold and hot springs like those of Ardent and Santo Niño, and rivers such as Sagay and Binangawan rivers. It is also the location of the Hibok-Hibok Volcano Observatory of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hibok-Hibok Volcano Observatory )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timpoong and Hibok-Hibok Natural Monument」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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