Mount Pinukis Explained

Mount Pinukis
Elevation Ft:5026
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:3996
Listing:Inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
Map:Philippines
Map Size:250
Location:Mindanao
Coordinates:7.9838°N 123.2331°W
Type:Unknown
Last Eruption:Unknown
State Type:Region
State:Zamboanga Peninsula
Region Type:Province
Settlement Type:City
Settlement:Pagadian
Country:Philippines
Region:Zamboanga del Sur

Mount Pinukis is an inactive volcano in Brgy. Lison Valley, Pagadian City, Philippines. It is the highest peak of Zamboanga del Sur and the entire Zamboanga Peninsula.

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.[2] [3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mt. Pinukis . peakvisor.com. 2023-02-27.
  2. Web site: PREDA Foundation. IRRESPONSIBLE MINING BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TO MIDSALIP. 2011.
  3. Web site: Philippines: Mining or Food? Case Study 1: Iron Ore & other Minerals, Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur - Mindanao Island. 2008 .
  4. Web site: Mining in the Philippines – Concerns and Conflicts. 2007.