Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay, in the Bicol Region, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

Renowned as the "Perfect Cone" because of its almost perfectly conical shape, Mayon is situated 15 kilometres northwest of Legazpi City.

A level 2 alert is in force for Mayon because of increased activity in June-July 2009.

On 13 October 2008, it was included in New7Wonders of Nature Top 10 list. However, it didn't make the cut to the Top 25 finalists, giving way to Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, another site in the Philippines.

Philippine Tourist Spots - The Philippines is a south east asian country adjacent to Malaysia. It's a tropical country consisting of more than seven thousand (7,000) islands and grouped into three regions: Luzon Islands, Visayas Islands, and the Mindanao Islands. Luzon Islands is located north of the Philippines. The Visayas Islands group is at the center and the group of Mindanao Islands is in the south.

• Rumbling Mayon attracts runners - LEGAZPI CITY—Even as it remains rumbling and restive, Mayon Volcano on Sunday attracted almost 250 sports enthusiasts from all over the country in a 21-kilometer trail run, which had the world’s most perfect cone as its backdrop. Mayon Trail Run International is part of the month-long Ibalong Festival celebration in this city. For four hours, participants of the trail run trekked from hill to hill, and passed right through the lava gully of the Philippine’s most active volcano. [...] - http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20091019-230817/Rumbling-Mayon-attracts-runners
• Danger zones, green revolution and vanishing jobs - Danger lurks even in our supposedly safest haven --- home. A passenger airplane suddenly crashed at a quiet residential area In Baranggay Aldana, Las Piñas. In Merville Subdivision, Parañaque, residents complain of the deafening noise coming from a nearby airstrip. Meanwhile, people in Guinobatan, Albay had to deal with the hazards of living with their most threatening neighbor. Mayon Volcano! [...] - http://www.gmanews.tv/story/175344/danger-zones-green-revolution-and-vanishing-jobs
• Dopplers could give 6-hr lead time in calamities, says governor - LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines—Six hours. That’s the amount of lead time that communities could have to prepare for flooding if Doppler radars are installed and connected to the country’s weather forecasting system. Albay Governor Joey Salceda said he was bent on having one installed in Catanduanes to help the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). [...] - http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20091018-230672/Dopplers-could-give-6-hr-lead-time-in-calamities-says-governor
• Mayon emits smoke and ash again - www.malaya.com - THURSDAY OCTOBER 29, 2009 PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) yesterday said that Mayon Volcano in Albay rumbled anew, emitting light brown smoke with minimal ash content. According to Jaime Sincioco, officer-in-charge of Phivolcs’ Volcano Monitoring Division, one minor ash explosion, which lasted for about one minute, occurred at the summit crater of the said volcano at around 5:32 a.m. yesterday. [...] - http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct29issue/metro/metro1.html
• 300,000 people readied for evacuation in Albay - By Rey M. Nasol - Inquirer Southern Luzon - First Posted 19:07:00 10/27/2009 - Filed Under: Safety of Citizens, Volcanic activity, Weather - LEGAZPI CITY, Philippiens—Plans to move out up to 300,000 people were put in place in Albay starting Tuesday as the province went on high alert for a coming storm and possible lahar flow from the restive Mayon Volcano.  “In a worse case scenario for a typhoon and Mayon's eruption, we would evacuate 150,000 to [...] - http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20091027-232560/300000-people-readied-for-evacuation-in-Albay