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Mount Tirad

Coordinates: 17°09′26″N 120°39′02″E / 17.157193°N 120.650482°E / 17.157193; 120.650482
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Mount Tirad
Mount Tirad is located in Philippines
Mount Tirad
Mount Tirad
Location within the Philippines
Highest point
Elevation1,154 m (3,786 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°09′26″N 120°39′02″E / 17.157193°N 120.650482°E / 17.157193; 120.650482
Geography
LocationLuzon
CountryPhilippines
Regions
Provinces
Parent rangeCordillera Central

Mount Tirad is a 1,154-metre (3,786 ft) mountain peak near Cervantes, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It ranks as the 3rd highest mountain in Ilocos Sur and the 446th highest mountain in the Philippines.[1]

Tirad Pass on the mountain holds a significant place in Philippine history, having been the site of the 1899 Battle of Tirad Pass, where Gregorio del Pilar was killed. In April 2022, President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law declaring the pass as a protected landscape under the National Integrated Protected Areas System.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Tirad". Peakery.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  2. ^ Aning, Jerome (April 29, 2022). "Pulag, Tirad Pass, 3 others declared protected areas". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022.