If you are correct about this location, and I
think you may be, then the attached file may
show the mountain.
Alicad to the north is the most sizable town
I could find.
I believe this area is far north of Tayabas
province, so it is not in that province.
Mike
On 12/6/2018 11:00 PM, MAPS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Subject:
> Re: Location of Mt. Alzapan, Philippines
> From:
> Mark Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:
> 12/5/2018, 7:03 PM
>
>
> Jason,
>
> 16° 3' 0'' N ; 121° 34' 59.988'’ E
> <[log in to unmask],121.4560688,10.93z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d16.05!4d121.5833333" target="_blank">https:[log in to unmask],121.4560688,10.93z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d16.05!4d121.5833333> - One
> of those completely empty spaces on Google Maps.
>
> Since you said you’d covered Google pretty well, I started my search
> at Flickr. I know, but if it is a place people might go, hike on, etc.
> they can often be found on Flickr, particularly if it might be a local
> name rather than something official.
>
> I didn’t find tourist pictures, but I found this drawing,
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/79472036@N07/13539780713/in/photolist-mCsV64
>
>
> From CHEEK, M., & JEBB, M. (2013). Nepenthes alzapan (Nepenthaceae), a
> new species from Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa, 100(1), 57.
> doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.100.1.6
>
> I see that Robert just found this same article and noted that the
> references point to 1925. Long story short, I found other specimens
> submitted by the same guy in 1925 (not Nepenthes) and finally struck
> gold at
> https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/p06780653?listIndex=334&listCount=377
>
>
> Hopefully this is helpful.
> --
> Dr. Mark Jackson
> Geospatial Sciences, Engineering & Technology
> Brigham Young University
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