Mount Halcon

Mount Halcon
Mount Halcon
	View of Mt. Halcon from Barangay Dulangan II.
Highest point
Elevation	2,616 m (8,583 ft)
Prominence	2,616 m (8,583 ft)
Listing	Island highest point 37th; Philippines highest peaks 23rd; Philippines ultra peaks 3rd; Mimaropa highest point;
Coordinates	13°15′00″N 120°59′00″E / 13.25000°N 120.98333°E
Geography
	Mount Halcon Mount Halcon
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Oriental Mindoro
City/municipality	Baco
Parent range	Mindoro Mountain Range
Climbing
First ascent	1906 by American botanist Elmer Drew Merrill and company.

Mount Halcon (Filipino: Bundok Halcon) and (Spanish: Monte Halcón) is the highest mountain in the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. According to the new data released by Oriental Mindoro peakvisor as of 2022, it has an elevation of 2,616 metres (8,583 ft) above sea level, higher than the previous estimates of 2,586 m (8,484 ft). It is the 23rd-highest peak in the Philippines and 37th-highest peak of an island on Earth.^[1] Its steep slopes have earned it the reputation of being one of the most difficult and technically most challenging mountains to climb in the Philippines. The first documented ascent was made in 1906 by American botanist Elmer Drew Merrill and a party of forestry and military personnel.^[2]

^ The highest mountains in the Philippines. Pinoy Mountaineer – Your Guide to Hiking in the country. 2008-02-02. [1]. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
^ Hay, Ida (1998). "E. D. Merrill, From Maine to Manila" (PDF). Arnoldia. 58 (1): 11–19.

[1] The highest mountains in the Philippines. Pinoy Mountaineer – Your Guide to Hiking in the country. 2008-02-02. [1]. Retrieved 2011-09-15.

[2] Hay, Ida (1998). "E. D. Merrill, From Maine to Manila" (PDF). Arnoldia. 58 (1): 11–19.

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