Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Mount Apo


Related Topics

In the News (Sat 6 Sep 08)

  
 Mount Apo - Definition, explanation
Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines and overlooks Davao City, a few kilometres to the northeast.
Apo was first climbed on October 10 1880 by a party led by Don Joaquin Rajal.
Mount Apo is one of the most popular climbing destinations in the country.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/mo/mount_apo.php   (196 words)

  
 Rock Climbing Areas & Mountains @ ABC-of-Rock Climbing
At 2954 meters, Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines.
Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America, is the second hardest climb of the Seven Summits, only surpassed by the Everest.
Mount Hood is the tallest mountain in Oregon (3,426 m) and popular with skiers, hikers, and climbers.
www.abc-of-rockclimbing.com /mountain-areas.asp   (655 words)

  
 Mount Apo - Encyclopedia.com
Mount Apo, active volcano, 9,690 ft (2,953 m) high, on S Mindanao island, the Philippines.
Apo has a snowcapped appearance but is actually covered with white sulfur.
Mount Apo is a habitat of the endangered...
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Apo-Mt.html   (839 words)

  
 Hiking Areas & Mountains @ ABC-of-Hiking
At 4399 meters, Mount Elbert is the highest peak in Colorado and in the Rocky Mountains.
Mount Kosciuszko is considered as the highest mountain in Australia.
At a height of 4317 meters, Mount Shasta is the second highest mountain in the Cascade Range.
www.abc-of-hiking.com /mountain-areas.asp   (642 words)

  
 Mount Apo Travel Guide
No wonder it was called Apo, which means "Grandfather of all Mountains." Apo is actually a volcano, but is certified "inactive" and has no recorded eruptions.
It is the home of the Philippine Eagle, the tiny falconet and the Mount Apo mynah.
Don't attempt Mount Apo alone: hire a guide from one of the tourist offices in Davao, where staff will also help you plan the route and get the necessary permits.
www.travelotica.com /travelguide/3651/philippines/mindanao/mount-apo-3668.htm   (577 words)

  
 On Mount Apo, Trails of Waste and Destruction – Davao Today
Ermelo Libre, executive director of the Mount Apo Foundation Inc., told davaotoday.com that there is a big improvement in the collection of garbage on Mount Apo.
Rodion Palma Gil, president of Sandawa Apo Mountaineering and Ecology Club (SAMEC) in Davao City, blamed irresponsible climbers for the proliferation of garbage in Mount Apo.
For the Lumads living around the mountain, Apo Sandawa – their name for Mount Apo — is a sacred place.
davaotoday.com /2006/04/29/on-mount-apo-a-trail-of-waste-and-destruction   (840 words)

  
  Philippinische Bergwelt
Der Mount Pulog wurde von amerikanischem Militär in den siebziger Jahren vermessen, als GPS-Messungen noch nicht zur Verfügung standen.
Auf der Bergspitze von Mount Apo soll die Temperatur nur noch etwa fünf Grad betragen.
Er sitzt auf einem Thron aus Feuer und kann zum Beispiel eine gute Reisernte bewirken, vorausgesetzt sein nicht enden wollender Durst nach menschlichem Blut wird befriedigt.
bethge.freepage.de /berge.htm   (2451 words)

  
  Mount Apo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines and overlooks Davao City, a few kilometres to the northeast.
Apo was first climbed on October 10 1880 by a party led by Don Joaquin Rajal.
Mount Apo is one of the most popular climbing destinations in the country.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Mount_Apo   (189 words)

  
 Mount Apo | Herbarium Digital Library
Mount Apo, an extinct volcano, is the highest peak in the Philippines, reaching 2954m above sea-level.
The northern and north-eastern slopes of Mount Apo and neighbouring mountains are gradual, but those on the west descend abruptly to Cotabato Valley and those on the east abruptly to the lowlands of Davao.
Among Mount Apo endemics collected between 300 and lOOOm are members of the genera Pipturus, Saurauia and Poikilospermum, as well as Homalanthus populneus, Elephantopus spicatus, Piper apoacum and Vanda sanderiana (the latter may possibly be extinct in the wild).
www.pnh.com.ph /category/5-Critical-Plant-Sites/9-Mount-Apo-page-1.html   (597 words)

  
 Vulkan APO
Mount Apo (2,954 m), taken from the west near Kidapawan, November 1996.
Mount Apo is the highest peak in the Philippine Islands and the centerpiece of one of it's largest national parks.
Situated in the primeval Davao region in Mindanao, the father of all Philippine mountains is home to the endangered monkey-eating eagle (Philippine eagle) and the breeding ground to the exotic waling-waling, one of the rarest and most beautiful orchids in the world.
www.malapascua.de /Volcanoe-Map/Vulkan_APO/hauptteil_vulkan_apo.html   (237 words)

  
  Philippine Mountains   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The highest of all Philippine mountains is without a doubt Mount Apo near Davao, the "grandfather" of all Philippine mountains.
The summit of Mount Apo reaches a third of the height of the Mount Everest and its altitude is nearly the same as the German Zugspitze.
Mount Pulog was measured by American armed forces in the seventies when GPS measuring was not yet available.
home.arcor.de /be/bethge/mountains.htm   (2613 words)

  
  Mount Apo : Information and resources about Mount Apo : School Work Guru   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines.
Mount Apo is one of the most popular climbing destinations in the country.
On May 9, 1936, Mount Apo was declared a national park by Pres.
www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/m/mo/mount_apo.html   (171 words)

  
 Mount Apo - Antwoorden.org   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mount Banahaw is een slapende vulkaan op de grens van de provincies Laguna en Quezon op Luzon in de Filipijnen.
Mount Apo is met 2.954 meter de hoogste berg van de Filipijnen.
Mount Apo is een van de meest populaire klim bestemmingen van het land.
www.antwoorden.org /Mount-Apo   (172 words)

  
 Mount Apo Foundation, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On the same year, the Mount Apo Foundation, Inc. as a legal entity to manage the ETWTF, was established with the registration of its Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws in the Philippines ' Securities and Exchange Commission.
January 1993 - The Mount Apo Foundation, Inc. as a legal entity to manage the ETWTF, was established with the registration of its Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws in the Philippines ' Securities and Exchange Commission.
Apo Foundation, Inc. at Perez Street, Kidapawan City, Philippines was inaugurated.
www.mafi.org.ph /aboutus/historicalhighlights.php   (314 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Apo, Mount, Philippines (Philippine Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Apo, Mount[A´pO] Pronunciation Key, active volcano, 9,690 ft (2,953 m) high, on S Mindanao island, the Philippines.
Apo has a snowcapped appearance but is actually covered with white sulfur.
Apo National Park (281 sq mi/728 sq km; est.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Apo-Mt.html   (151 words)

  
 First Ascents Philippines
In his essay, "The 'Snows' on Mount Apo", Bernad shows that Mount Apo, fittingly as the highest peak in the country, is a very difficult mountain to climb in the 1800s.
Among these men of great resolve is Don Jose Oyanguren, governor of Davao, who organized the first expedition to climb Mount Apo in 1852 (antedating the first ascent of Wetterhorn in 1854 by Sir Alfred Willis thus ushering the "golden age" of modern mountaineering).
Mount Silay is situated in the highland interior of northern Negros Is (declared in 1946 as the Northern Negros Forest Reserve).
www.geocities.com /siba_ph/PhPkFAs.html   (2112 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | TOP STORIES > Villagers warned on threat of slide
Villagers fear that the existence of cracks in the slopes of Mount Apo may trigger a mudslide that might bury their village like that of the incident in Guinsaugon, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte.
Jeremiah Bayawan, member of a local civilian volunteer organization, said one of the areas presently threatened by disaster is the public school itself based on a recent ocular inspection by village officials.
“Mount Apo is a volcano though it is dormant,” he said.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/mar/20/yehey/top_stories/20060320top9.html   (373 words)

  
 Search Results for "apo"
Apo, Mount, (a´po) (KEY), active volcano, 9,690 ft (2,953 m) high, on S Mindanao island, the Philippines.
From Greek apotropaios, from apotrepein, to ward off : apo-, apo- + trepein, to turn; see trep- in Appendix I. apo·tro·pai·cal·ly...
Back-formation from apomictic, produced by apomixis : apo- + Greek miktos, mixed (from mignunai, mig-, to mix;...
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=apo   (303 words)

  
 GEYSER CASE
"Mount Apo's forested slopes and foothills are home to the Bagobo, one of Mindanao's many indigenous groups who are collectively know as the Lumad ('born of the soil').
Mount Apo is the Bagbo ancestral land, their place of worship; it where their supreme god and common ancestor, Apo Sandawa, lives.
In brief, the mountain is sacred...in 1985 the government-owned PNOC began exploratory drilling at the base of Mount Apo to test the potential for geothermal energy development.
www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/geyser.htm   (3121 words)

  
 Mindanao Travel Spots
Its mother plant was discovered by a German scientist upon the slopes of Mount Apo.
Mount Apo, the highest peak in the Philippines, can be seen to the south of Davao.
the "grandfather of Philippine mountains", Apo is a dormant volcano.
www.seasite.niu.edu /Tagalog/Mindanao_Culture/mindanao_travelspots.htm   (1720 words)

  
 BlueSkyMiles.com -- Destination Guides - Asia - Southeast ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mount Apo overlooks Davao and lords it over the Philippines as the highest mountain in the country.
Recently, however, Mount Apo has become something of an environmental hot potato and the government is trying to dissuade people from climbing it because of the damage they have done to trails and the litter they have left behind.
Experienced Apo climbers advise allowing four or five days for the climb, averaging four hours of trekking a day with an average load of 40 pounds to supply you with food and shelter for four days in extreme weather.
guides.blueskymiles.com /index.jsp?cid=105243&action=viewLocation&locationId=27299   (589 words)

  
 History of the Higaonon Tribe : Unahi Mindanao Inc.
The lowest point is the Valley of Mindanao, in south-western Mindanao, and the highest point in the whole of the Philippines is Mount Apo, in the southern Mindanao ranges, with a height of 2,954 metres.
Apo Entampil survived the deluge that was caused by the Creater to cleanse the Earth.
Several generations later, the renowned **Apo Paboloson (Datu Paboloson) of Apo Kalitkit-Kabudakan's descent, gathered his people in a sacred assembly called 'Dumalongdong', to unite them in the noble virtues taught by Apo Entampil and her ancestors.
www.unahi.org /higaonon-tribe-history.htm   (2126 words)

  
 Philippines - Special Interests
To the north of Apo Reef is the Shark's Ridge.
The Bagobo people that live on the slope of this mountain on the island of Mindanao believe that Mount Apo had its beginning in the rainforest around Lake Venato.
Mount Apo, now classified as an inactive volcano, recorded only one eruption in 1640.
www.marimari.com /content/philippines/special_interest/special_interests.html   (1054 words)

  
 :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
Mount Kanlaon in Negros Oriental, the 13th most active volcano in the country, is famous for its crater, waterfalls, hot springs, gorges and peculiar rock formations, virgin forests, and unusual wildlife.
Mount Apo is a habitat of the endangered Philippine Eagle.
Lastly, Mount Samat in Pilar, Bataan, is known for the Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) atop the mountain built in 1966 in memory of the soldiers of World War II.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/08/21/MTNN2005082142365.html   (314 words)

  
 Cotabato Province
Apo, Philippines' highest at 10,311 feet above sea level, the mightiest surge of a long mountain range extending from Cotabato, Davao del Sur and Davao City to Agusan and Misamis Oriental in Northern Mindanao.
The volcanic peak Apo, meaning "Grandfather of all Philippine Mountains" dominates a vast area of 72,796 hectares where natural wonders lure outdoor enthusiasts to trek through this tribal god's domain and conquer its towering peak.
The race is a hild climb from downtown of Kidapawan to Lake Agko with a distance of 22 kilometers passing through the PNOC road network.
www.nscb.gov.ph /ru12/TOUR/TOURCOT2.HTM   (304 words)

  
 GEO/CENTR/E/I/CITY - The Earth as Center
Mount Makiling was the dwelling of the fair goddess who by turns could be kind and wrathful.
In Mindanao, the Mount Apo was regarded as the home of the busaw and other dangerous spirits.
In addition, there are many "bad animals" residing in Mount Apo, that is, busaw in the form of beasts.
www.fineartforum.org /Gallery/2001/geocentricity/myths.html   (1678 words)

  
 The Mindanao Examiner: Mountaineers Blame Lack Of Gov't Safety Measures For Death Of Climber In Apo
This agency ‘commodified’ Mount Apo by charging mountaineers hundreds of pesos in registration fees during climbs and yet mountaineers are not getting what they pay for in terms of services,” Bolo said.
Also in reality, it was the DOT who encouraged the people to climb Mount Apo as part of their promotion program, selling Mount Apo like a product, and so this agency is supposed to be answerable to whatever will happen to us while climbing up and down the mountain,” Bolo added.
After Mount Apo was closed to climbers for four years, PAMB allowed its reopening in 2005 after local governments of Sta.
zamboangajournal.blogspot.com /2007/04/mountaineers-blame-lack-of-govt-safety.html   (792 words)

  
 Cockatoo.com / Philippines / South Mindanao / Mount Apo National Park
The Philippine National Oil Corporation's geothermal project on Mt Apo has sparked yet another controversy between minority tribes for whom the mountain is the home of their god Sandawa.
It raises the interesting speculation that the government may be labeling such groups as NPA to avoid facing the social problem their project has created or perhaps that the NPA is supporting the rights of the minority peoples of Mt Apo in their quest for ancestral lands and religious freedom.
The morning saw further delay due to a lack of porters as the natives were reluctant to climb because of their superstitious fears of the Apo spirit.
www.cockatoo.com /philippines/e-19somi/ep-som19.htm   (1816 words)

  
 Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO DG MACRO - Nikon Mount - US$249.99.. | e-Xcessories.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 APO DG Macro the performance telephoto zoom lens is capable of shooting with a maximum magnification of 1:2 at the focal length of 300 mm.
This new Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 APO DG Macro DG lens is capable of macro photography with a 1:2 maximum magnification at the focal length of 300 mm.
Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 APO DG has a switch that converts the lens to macro photography at focal lengths between 200mm and 300mm with a minimum focusing distance of 95cm (37.4 inches).
www.e-xcessories.com /estore/sigma-70300mm-f456-macro-nikon-mount-p-2580.html   (627 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.