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Mount Polis

Mount Polis
Mount Polis is located in Philippines
Mount Polis
Mount Polis
Location within the Philippines
Highest point
Elevation1,895 m (6,217 ft)
Prominence120 m (390 ft)
Coordinates16°58′29″N 121°01′45″E / 16.974722°N 121.029167°E / 16.974722; 121.029167
Geography
LocationLuzon
CountryPhilippines
RegionCordillera Administrative Region
Provinces
Parent rangeCordillera Central

Mount Polis is a 6,216-foot (1,895 m) mountain peak located on the borders of the provinces of Ifugao and Mountain Province in the Philippines. It ranks as the third highest mountain in Ifugao province and the 124th highest mountain in Philippines.[1]

In December 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the First Philippine Republic, passed through a pass on the mountain en route from Tirad Pass to Abra province while fleeing American forces during the Philippine–American War.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mount Polis". peakery.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. ^ Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1997). Malolos: The Crisis of the Republic. University of the Philippines Press. pp. 456–458. ISBN 978-971-542-096-9.


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