Chiming in a bit late, but I showed this question to some Filipino
colleagues to see if they had any local knowledge of the area. Their
responses aligned with Mark's findings (16° 3' 0'' N ; 121° 34' 59.988'’ E
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_maps_place_16-25C2-25B003-2700.0-2522N-2B121-25C2-25B035-2700.0-2522E_-4016.0522842-2C121.4560688-2C10.93z_data-3D-214m5-213m4-211s0x0-3A0x0-218m2-213d16.05-214d121.5833333&d=DwMGaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=phmo_w78hvfu14DRebyVww&m=-0vJkswCCQ9FlHzgS057nLzOOCaL-aSzUJGDnRdFSvw&s=QjDDGA5RM6pzf8pH3c3RrA3miqy2bMojskaR5vxI1ts&e=>).
They said to look into the Sierra Madre Mountain as a whole, so maybe a map
of that range specifically has more details? Even to locals, they said,
most of the peaks and regions in these mountains are very remote and all of
them may not be well known/named officially anywhere.
*Taylor Hixson*
Librarian for Geospatial Services
NYU Abu Dhabi
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On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 9:16 PM Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> 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]> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Date:
> 12/5/2018, 7:03 PM
> Jason,
>
> 16° 3' 0'' N ; 121° 34' 59.988'’ E
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_maps_place_16-25C2-25B003-2700.0-2522N-2B121-25C2-25B035-2700.0-2522E_-4016.0522842-2C121.4560688-2C10.93z_data-3D-214m5-213m4-211s0x0-3A0x0-218m2-213d16.05-214d121.5833333&d=DwMDaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=phmo_w78hvfu14DRebyVww&m=t2fIJoRuxmj8MmKzyoAb8IIG_kCIYe1gOhUR1vsNxSo&s=OC5UCmQIG4OBsC3dHlAxyunmKMJDFOC-xRBTE6OMT9c&e=> - 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
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_79472036-40N07_13539780713_in_photolist-2DmCsV64&d=DwMDaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=phmo_w78hvfu14DRebyVww&m=t2fIJoRuxmj8MmKzyoAb8IIG_kCIYe1gOhUR1vsNxSo&s=6qeN6DjsITqfJ26c1QVO_qteOv71mctqlVVmblzzVzw&e=>
>
>
> 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
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__science.mnhn.fr_institution_mnhn_collection_p_item_p06780653-3FlistIndex-3D334-26listCount-3D377&d=DwMDaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=phmo_w78hvfu14DRebyVww&m=t2fIJoRuxmj8MmKzyoAb8IIG_kCIYe1gOhUR1vsNxSo&s=pK_T9FqrgMU_dfChJJ2w9ue1kJMuPex8sByFvNVNI1Q&e=>
>
>
> Hopefully this is helpful.
> --
> Dr. Mark Jackson
> Geospatial Sciences, Engineering & Technology
> Brigham Young University
> 2420 HBLL ∙ Provo UT 84602
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