Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains, located on the tripoint boundary of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga, all in Central Luzon on the northern island of Luzon.
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10 Facts About Mount Pinatubo
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Mount Pinatubo was heavily eroded and obscured from view by dense forests which supported a population of several thousand indigenous Aetas.
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Near Mount Pinatubo are former military bases that were maintained by the United States.
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Mount Pinatubo recognized two life histories of the mountain, which he classified as "ancestral" and "modern" Pinatubo.
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Ancestral Mount Pinatubo is a somma volcano with modern Mount Pinatubo as the new cone.
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Several mountains near modern Pinatubo are old satellite vents of ancestral Pinatubo, forming volcanic plugs and lava domes.
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Later eruptions of modern Mount Pinatubo occurred episodically and lasted for periods much shorter than the repose intervals between them.
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Long before Mount Pinatubo became famous for its cataclysmic eruption, Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, a native of Zambales, named his C-47 presidential plane Mt.
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Shape of Mount Pinatubo's caldera inspired New Clark City Athletics Stadium in Capas, Tarlac.
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