What is Mount Pinatubo?
[[File:Mount Pinatubo 20081229 01.jpg|thumb|300px|The crater lake of the 1991 eruption seen in 2008]] '''Mount Pinatubo''' is a [[stratovolcano]] on [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]]. It is near the Tri-Cabusilan Mountain range, separating [[Luzon]]'s west [[coast]] from the central [[plain]]s. Before 1991, the [[volcano]] was [[wikt:inconspicuous|inconspicuous]] and heavily [[erosion|eroded]]. It was covered with [[wikt:dense|dense]] [[forest]], and several thousand [[indigenous people]] lived there. The volcano erupted in June 1991, destroying thousands of buildings and houses and killing over 800 people. It was the second largest volcanic eruption of the [[20th century]] after the 1912 eruption of [[Novarupta]] and had a [[Volcanic Explosivity Index]] (VEI) of 6. Mount Pinatubo's [[Volcanic eruption|eruption]] effects were felt [[worldwide]]. There is now a [[caldera]] where before was the central [[cone]]. It erupted in June 15, 1991 and is located on the island of Luzon in the Phillipines. Many [[lahar]]s and pyroclastic flows damaged much of the infrastructure of the country. They also killed upwards of 800 people. Officials at the US marine base were able to evacuate many people, but property damage was costly, totaling billions of [[Phillipine pesos]]. {{Commonscat}} {{multistub|geo|Asia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinatubo, Mount}} [[Category:Geography of the Philippines]] [[Category:Volcanoes of the Philippines]] [[Category:VEI-6 volcanoes]]