Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Mount Pinatubo

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in Phillipines.Its height is 1485m.It is located in Tri-Cabusilan Mountain Range.Mount Pinatubo is made of andesite and dacite.It erupted last in 1991.It released 6 to 16 cubis kilomentres of ash.

Mount Pinatubo is part of a chain of volcanoes which lie along the edge of Luzon.They are formed by the movement of Phillipines Mobile Belt sliding over Eurasian plate along the Manila trench to the west. 


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