Mount Pinukis is a inactive
volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates ...
in Brgy. Lison Valley,
Pagadian City, Philippines. It is the highest peak of
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur ( Cebuano: ''Habagatang Zamboanga;'' Subanen: ''S'helatan Sembwangan/Sembwangan dapit Shelatan''; Chavacano: ''Zamboanga del Sur''; tl, Timog Zamboanga; mdh, Pagabatan Sambuanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, ...
and the entire
Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula ( tl, Tangway ng Zamboanga; cbk, Peninsula de Zamboanga; ceb, Lawis sa Zamboanga) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region IX. It consists of three provinces ( Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga S ...
.
It covers more than , has up to 2015 retained a relatively
intact forest cover and is therefore included in the
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs).
Pinukis, the sacred mountain of the
Subanen tribe, and a main source for the water system of the three provinces of the Zamboanga peninsula, is under threat from multinational
mining companies who wish to engage in
open-cast mining.
See also
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Midsalip
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Pagadian City
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List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
This is a list of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines. Volcanoes with no record of eruptions are considered as extinct or inactive. Their physical form since their last activity has been altered by agents of weathering and erosion with the fo ...
External links
*https://www.slideshare.net/no2mininginpalawan/mt-pinukis-water-catchment
References
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Inactive volcanoes of the Philippines
Landforms of Zamboanga del Sur