Mount Tapulao

Mount Tapulao
High Peak
Pine forest of Mount Tapulao
Highest point
Elevation	2,037 m (6,683 ft)[1]
Prominence	2,015 m (6,611 ft)[2]
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	15°28′51″N 120°7′16″E / 15.48083°N 120.12111°E / 15.48083; 120.12111
Geography
Mount Tapulao Location within the Philippines
Location	Luzon
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Zambales
Municipality	Palauig
Parent range	Zambales Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route	Dampay Resettlement Area, Brgy. Salaza, Palauig

Mount Tapulao (also known as High Peak) is the highest mountain in the Zambales Mountain Range and in the province of Zambales in the Philippines. The peak, which rise to an elevation of 2,037 metres (6,683 ft) above sea level, and it is located in the municipality of Palauig, Zambales. Its name is derived from the abundance of Sumatran Pine trees in the area, known in Zambal as tapolaw.^[1][3]

The mountain was once a site of a large-scale chromite mining operations.^[1] The destruction of the beautiful natural scenery is visible in the mine pits on the summit as well as other related structures along the trail. The summit offers a 360-degree vista from where you can see the other Zambales mountains on the eastern side, Lingayen Gulf to the north, and on the western side, the Zambales lowlands and the South China Sea stretching to as far south as Pundaquit in San Antonio, Zambales.