Mount Guiting-Guiting

Mount Guiting‑Guiting
Summit of Mount Guiting-Guiting as seen from Mayo's Peak. The narrow ridge connecting the two in the foreground is known as the Knife Edge Trail.
Highest point
Elevation	2,058 m (6,752 ft)
Prominence	2,058 m (6,752 ft)
Listing	1st-highest mountain in Romblon 11th-most prominent mountain in the Philippines 71st-highest peak of an island in the world Ultra prominent peak
Coordinates	12°24′50″N 122°34′04″E / 12.413889°N 122.567778°E / 12.413889; 122.567778
Naming
English translation	jagged
Language of name	Romblomanon
Geography
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Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Romblon
Climbing
First ascent	1982 - Expedition organized by Arturo Valdez and Company.
Easiest route	Tampayan Trail, Olango Trail

Mount Guiting-Guiting is the highest mountain in the province of Romblon, located in Sibuyan Island, in the Philippines, with an elevation of 6,752 ft (2,058 m) above sea level. Its steep slopes and jagged peak, have earned it a reputation as one of the most technically challenging mountains to climb in the Philippines. It is ranked as the 11th-most prominent mountain in the Philippines, and 71st-highest peak of an island in the world. Located at the heart of Sibuyan, it dominates the landscape for miles around. Guiting-Guiting, in the Romblomanon dialect means "jagged". It is one of the focal points of Sibuyan's declaration as a biodiversity haven and has been dubbed by some local and international natural scientists as The Galapagos of Asia. The island of Sibuyan has often been compared with the biodiversity endemism rate of the Galapagos islands in Ecuador. This high endemism prompted much of the mountain and its slopes to be protected in 1996 as the Mt. Guiting-Guiting Natural Park.^[1] The park also encompasses the nearby 789-metre (2,589-ft) high Mount Nailog to the west.