| Country | Philippines |
| Volcanic Region | Negros-Sulu Volcanic Arc |
| Landform | Volc Type | Cluster | Pyroclastic cone(s) |
| Last Known Eruption | Pleistocene |
| Coordinates | 6°N, 121.125°E |
| Elevation | 811 m (2,661 ft) |
| Volcano Number | 270010 |
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There is data available for 0 confirmed eruptive period.
[ 1897 Sep 21 ] Discredited Eruption
A possible submarine eruption on 21 September 1897 was listed by CAVW and PHIVOLCS (2004-). However, a significant tsunami resulted from large tectonic earthquakes at 1906 on 20 September and at 0512 on the 21st; Abe (1994) recalculated their magnitudes as 7.4 and 7.5, respectively. It's not clear where the idea of an eruption came from, but Maso (1904) speculates that "there must have occurred some great submarine displacements or eruptions to cause such wide perturbation." The summary of reported events by Maso (1904) does not include anything that could be considered eruptive activity. General bathymetry does show what appear to be submarine landslides along the southern border of the island arc that includes Jolo.
[ 1641 Jan 4 ] Discredited Eruption
A possible explosive eruption was reported on Jolo Island on 4 January 1641 (Neumann van Padang, 1953). A major eruption in the southern Philippines/northern Indonesia region on this date was reported from several volcanoes, including Awu in Indonesia. More recent work has shown that this major eruption originated from Parker volcano in southern Mindanao (Delfin et al., 1997).
This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Bud Dajo
Buddajo |
Pyroclastic cone | 620 m | 6° 0' 48.00" N | 121° 3' 24.00" E |
| Dakula, Mount | Pyroclastic cone | 399 m | 5° 59' 0.00" N | 121° 11' 0.00" E |
| Dakut | Cone | 474 m | 5° 44' 0.00" N | 120° 56' 0.00" E |
| Gorra | Cone | 496 m | 5° 33' 0.00" N | 120° 49' 0.00" E |
| Guimba | Pyroclastic cone | 482 m | ||
| Lapac | Cone | 357 m | 5° 31' 0.00" N | 120° 46' 0.00" E |
| Matanding | Pyroclastic cone | 400 m | ||
| Parang | Cone | 422 m | 5° 49' 0.00" N | 121° 10' 0.00" E |
| Parangan | Cone | 389 m | 5° 58' 30.00" N | 121° 24' 0.00" E |
| Pitogo | Cone | 392 m | 5° 54' 18.00" N | 121° 18' 0.00" E |
| Sinumaan | Cone | 785 m | 6° 2' 0.00" N | 121° 6' 0.00" E |
| Sungal | Pyroclastic cone | 518 m | ||
| Talipao, Mount | Pyroclastic cone | 440 m | 5° 57' 0.00" N | 121° 4' 0.00" E |
| Tukay | Cone | 609 m | 5° 56' 0.00" N | 120° 57' 0.00" E |
| Tumatangas | Pyroclastic cone | 811 m | 5° 59' 54.00" N | 120° 58' 0.00" E |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Panamao, Mount | Crater | 220 m | 5° 58' 0.00" N | 121° 10' 0.00" E |
The dumbbell-shaped, E-W-trending Jolo island contains numerous pyroclastic cones and craters, some of which are visible in this Space Shuttle image with north to the upper left. The island is about 60 km wide in an E-W direction; its largest city, Jolo, lies on the northern coast (left-center). The isolated location of Jolo at the SW end of the Philippines archipelago as well as political unrest have inhibited geological studies of the volcano. 
Forested Bud Dajo cinder cone is one of numerous pyroclastic cones and craters that dot 60-km-wide Jolo Island at the SW end of the Philippines archipelago. Bud Dajo (or Buddajo) is a young basaltic cinder cone that reaches 620 m elevation; nearby cones are Matanding, Guimba, and Sungal. Hot springs have been reported at craters on Cagayan Sulu, and solfataras at Siit Lake. A tsunami accompanied a possible submarine eruption in 1897. 
The 61-km-long Jolo island contains numerous cones and craters, some of which are visible in this August 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top). The 1.3-km-diameter lake-filled crater visible in the center of the island is Mount Panamao.There are no samples for Jolo in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.
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GVMID Data on Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure The Global Volcano Monitoring Infrastructure Database GVMID, is aimed at documenting and improving capabilities of volcano monitoring from the ground and space. GVMID should provide a snapshot and baseline view of the techniques and instrumentation that are in place at various volcanoes, which can be use by volcano observatories as reference to setup new monitoring system or improving networks at a specific volcano. These data will allow identification of what monitoring gaps exist, which can be then targeted by remote sensing infrastructure and future instrument deployments. |
| EarthScope Consortium SAGE seismic stations/networks | EarthScope Consortium operates the NSF Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE) and NSF Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE). The linked map shows the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Jolo. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice. |
| Large Eruptions of Jolo | Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA). |
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