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Mount Halcon or Monte Halcón is a mountain located in the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. Its height of 2,586 m (8,482 ft) makes it the 18th highest peak in the Philippines.〔The highest mountains in the Philippines. ''Pinoy Mountaineer – Your Guide to Hiking in the country.'' 2008-02-02. (). Retrieved 2011-09-15.〕 Its slopes have earned it the title to be the most difficult mountain to climb in the country. Mt. Halcon is home to the indigenous Alangan Mangyans.〔Alangan Mangyan. ''National Commission on Indigenous Peoples.'' (). ''Accessed on 2011-09-15.''〕 Its thick vegetation contains much flora and fauna, including the critically endangered Mindoro bleeding-heart which is endemic in the area,〔Mount Halcon. ''Birdlife International.'' (). ''Accessed on 2011-09-15.''〕 and the stick insect ''Conlephasma enigma'', which was first described in 2012. The mountain was also the location of a possible World War II Japanese holdout. Isao Miyazawa found evidence that his comrade Captain Fumio Nakahara was living there in 1957. Another search in 1977 was called off due to Miyazawa contracting malaria.〔Mainichi Shimbun, ''Mainichi News Compilation 1977'', p. 900〕 In 1980, Miyazawa found Nakahara's hut, and the natives talked to him extensively about the foreigner.〔("Still fighting, 35 years after V-J day," ) ''Finger Lakes Times.'' April 10, 1980, p1〕 However, Nakahara himself has never been spotted. ==See also== * List of Ultras of the Philippines * List of islands by highest point 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Halcon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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