Mount Imbing

Mount Imbing
Mount Imbing Location of Mt. Imbing on Mindanao island
Highest point
Elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)[1]
Coordinates	7°41′6″N 123°14′11″E[note 1]
Geography
Country	Philippines
Province	Zamboanga del Sur
Region	Zamboanga Peninsula
Municipality	Lapuyan
District	2nd congressional

Mount Imbing is a mountain in the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines.^[1] The majority of the mountain is located in the municipality of Lapuyan in the Province of Zamboanga del Sur in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Because it is located in the boundary area between two municipalities, part of its slope is located within San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur. It is named after Thimuay Imbing,^[3] the most prominent ancestral leader of the Subanen people during the American colonial period.^[4][5] It is 800 km south of the Philippine capital of Manila and rises 720 meters abve sea level and about 436 meters from the surrounding terrain.^{[note 2]} Its foothills are about 5.9 kilometers wide.^{[note 3]}

The land surrounding Mount Imbing is mostly hilly, except in the east. ^{[note 4]} The highest point in the area has an altitude of 1,140 meters and is 12.7 km north of Mount Imbing.^{[note 5]} The nearest large town is Lapuyan, 7.0 km southwest of Mount Imbing. Bays and lagoons are common in the area around Mount Imbing. ^{[note 6]}

The area around Mount Imbing is almost covered with forest.^[7] There is about 90 people per square kilometer around Mount Imbing which is quite densely populated.^[8]

Climate

The climate is moderate. The average temperature is 22 °C. The hottest month is February at 24 °C and the coldest is August at 10 °C.^[9] The average rainfall is 2,828 millimeters per year. The wettest month is July with 383 millimeters of rain and the driest is December with 115 millimeters.^[10]

Mount Imbing Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     220     25 20     250     27 21     146     27 20     184     27 21     237     24 19     246     24 21     383     24 19     246     23 −3     268     24 19     299     26 21     234     26 21     115     24 19 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     8.7     77 68     9.8     81 70     5.7     81 68     7.2     81 70     9.3     75 66     9.7     75 70     15     75 66     9.7     73 27     11     75 66     12     79 70     9.2     79 70     4.5     75 66 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

References

1. "Imbing". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
2. "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
3. Hapalla JGH. An introduction to Subanen culture. Culture and peace studies. Ateneo de Zamboanga University. 2002;2(1):1–11.
4. "About Lapuyan: Facts and Profile". lapuyan.gov.ph. Local Government Unit of Lapuyan. Archived from the original on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
5. Apatan-Lusay, Kimberly F. (December 2020). "Thimuay Mbeng and the Imbing Clan: Their Role in the Christianization of the Subanen in Lapuyan, Zamboanga Peninsula (1912-1946)". Academia Lasalliana Journal of Education and Humanities. 2: 35–49.
6. Mount Imbing at GeoNames.Org (cc-by); post updated 2010-08-14; database download sa 2015-11-25
7. "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
8. "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
9. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
10. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

Notes

1. Itarong ang posisyon base sa gitas-on data (DEM 3") gikan sa Viewfinder Panoramas.^[2] Ang bug-os nga algoritmo anaa dinhi.
2. Topographic prominence determined from DEM 3" data from Viewfinder Panoramas^[2] The full algorithm is available here.
3. The largest extension of the contour to give topographic prominence.
4. Calculated from the intersection of all height data (DEM 3") from Viewfinder Panoramas, within a 10 kilometer radius.^[2] The full algorithm is available here.
5. Calculated from height data (DEM 3") from Viewfinder Panoramas.^[2] The full algorithm can be found here.
6. Less than 20 kilometers away compared to the average density of the Earth, according to GeoNames. ^[6]