Mount Pinatubo

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Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Philippines best known for its cataclysmic 1991 eruption, one of the largest of the 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Mount Pinatubo canonical 13
1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption 1
Pinatubo 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
affectedPopulation hundreds of thousands of people displaced in 1991
ashDistribution ash dispersed over much of Southeast Asia in 1991
ashPlumeHeight over 30 kilometers in 1991 eruption
climateEffect lowered global temperatures by about 0.4–0.5 °C for a few years
country Philippines
craterLakeName Lake Pinatubo
createdCaldera Mount Pinatubo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pinatubo caldera
elevation 1486 meters
4875 feet
eruptionCentury 20th century
eruptionDeaths over 800 people killed in 1991 eruption
eruptionStart June 1991
eruptionStyle Plinian
eruptionVEI VEI 6
geologicAge Quaternary
globalImpact caused measurable global cooling
hasFeature crater lake
hazardType ashfall
lahars
pyroclastic flows
indigenousPeople Aeta
isPartOf Pacific Ring of Fire
knownFor cataclysmic 1991 eruption
one of the largest eruptions of the 20th century
lastEruption 1991
locatedIn Luzon
Zambales Mountains
majorEruption June 15, 1991
monitoredBy Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
United States Geological Survey during 1991 crisis
nearbyCity Angeles City
Olongapo, Philippines
surface form: Olongapo
nearbyUSBase Clark Air Base
Subic Bay
surface form: Subic Bay Naval Base
post1991Elevation about 1486 meters
postEruptionUse tourist destination
trekking site
pre1991Elevation about 1745 meters
precursorActivity phreatic explosions in April 1991
province Pampanga
Tarlac
Zambales
sulfurDioxideEmission about 20 million tons in 1991 eruption
tectonicSetting subduction of the Eurasian Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate
UNLOCODE PH PIN (approximate region association)
volcanicArc Luzon Volcanic Arc
volcanoType andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano

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Luzon hasVolcano Mount Pinatubo
Philippine Mobile Belt includesVolcano Mount Pinatubo
Zambales Mountains containsVolcano Mount Pinatubo
Philippine Archipelago hasVolcano Mount Pinatubo
Zambales hasTouristAttraction Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo createdCaldera Mount Pinatubo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pinatubo caldera
Clark Air Base, Philippines near Mount Pinatubo
subject surface form: Clark Air Base
Region III containsVolcano Mount Pinatubo
Luzon Volcanic Arc hasPart Mount Pinatubo
this entity surface form: Pinatubo
Botolan, Zambales nearbyVolcano Mount Pinatubo
Bacolor locatedNear Mount Pinatubo
Bacolor significantEvent Mount Pinatubo
this entity surface form: 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption
Porac locatedNear Mount Pinatubo
Botolan near Mount Pinatubo
Capas hasGeographicalFeatureNearby Mount Pinatubo
Bamban near Mount Pinatubo