Mount Samat
Mountain in Bataan, Philippines
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::summary Mountain in Bataan, Philippines ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mount Samat |
| photo | Mount Samat remote view.jpg |
| photo_caption | Mount Samat remote view |
| elevation_m | 560 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 218 |
| range | Zambales Mountains |
| parent_peak | Mount Mariveles |
| location | Luzon |
| map | Luzon mainland#Philippines |
| map_caption | Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines |
| label | Mount Samat |
| coordinates | |
| country | Philippines |
| state | Central Luzon |
| state_type | Region |
| region | Bataan |
| region_type | Province |
| settlement | Pilar |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| type | Extinct volcano |
| volcanic_zone | Western Bataan Lineament |
| last_eruption | Unknown |
| easiest_route | Mt. Samat Road |
| :: |
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Mount Samat () is a mountain in the town of Pilar, Bataan, Philippines. Located near its summit is the Mount Samat National Shrine, a national shrine dedicated to the fallen Filipino and American fallen during World War II.
Geology
Mount Samat is a parasitic cone of Mount Mariveles with no record of historical eruption. The summit of Mount Samat is 9.2 km NNE of the Mariveles caldera. Mount Samat itself has a 550 m wide crater that opens to the northeast. The Mount Samat Cross is situated near the edge of the crater rim.
Historical significance
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Japanese_Breakthrough_Apr_1942.jpg" caption="Japanese breakthrough of the Orion-Bagac Line April 1942"] ::
At the start of World War II in 1942 after suffering heavy losses against the Imperial Japanese Army all over Luzon, the Filipino and American soldiers retreated to Bataan Peninsula to regroup for a last valiant but futile stand. After four months of fighting, the 78,000 exhausted, sick and starving soldiers under Major General Edward P. King surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942, known as the fall of Bataan. It is the single largest surrender of U.S. soldiers in history and Mariveles, a town in the Bataan province, was their last stronghold after which, together with the Philippine soldiers, they were led on to the 80 mi march to Capas, Tarlac known as the Bataan Death March.
The Mount Samat National Shrine was erected as a memorial to the Filipino and American soldiers who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Dunsulan Falls
Dunsulan Falls () is a waterfall located at the foot of Mount Samat, northeast of the National Shrine in Brgy Liyang, also in Pilar town. Dunsulan falls and river is the main drainage on the crater side of Mount Samat.
Gallery
File:02001jfRoads Orion Pilar Limay Bataan Bridge Landmarksfvf 10.JPG|Mount Samat viewed from Orion, Bataan More Sceneries Along the Way to the Summit of Mt. Samat - panoramio.jpg|View from Mount Samat File:Steep Pathway Leading to the Memorial Cross - panoramio.jpg|Steep pathway leading to the Shrine's Memorial Cross
References
References
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mount+Samat,+Pilar,+Central+Luzon,+Philippines&hl=en&ll=14.606924,120.507317&spn=0.028073,0.028281&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.764446,57.919922&oq=Mount+Samat,&hnear=Mt+Samat&t=p&z=15 "Mount Samat, Cantral Luzon, Philippines"]. Google Maps. Retrieved on June 8, 2012.
- [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0703-081&volpage=synsub "Mariveles Synonyms & Subfeatures"]. [[Global Volcanism Program]]. Retrieved on June 8, 2012.
- Government of Province of Bataan (2006).[http://www.bataan.gov.ph/ragingpeninsula/dambana.html "Dambana ng Kagitingan"] {{webarchive. link. (March 18, 2012 . Bataan...A Raging Peninsula. Retrieved on March 27, 2011.)
- (May 29, 2008). "Historical trails: Mt. Samat". Pinoy Mountaineer.
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