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What is the name of the tectonic plates mount pinatubo is on?
Mount Pinatubo is located at the convergent boundary of the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate.
How did Mount Pinatubo get its name?
Pinatubo comes from the word ''grow".
What is a name of a famous volcano?
mount st helens, mount vesuvious mount pinatubo etna oshima krakatau pelee poas rabaul
What is the name of a volcano?
Mt. Pinatubo in Luzon, Philippines Mount Saint Helens in Washigton State
What is name of the volcanoes?
Mt. Pinatubo in Luzon, Philippines Mount Saint Helens in Washigton State
Why is the Pinatubo volcano where it is?
A short (and correct) answer is that it (Pinatubo) lies on the "ring of fire" which runs along the rim of the Pacific Ocean. Lots of other volcanoes do, too. The Pacific Ring of Fire is a name given to this volcanically active area. A link can be found below.
How did Mount Pinatubo erupt?
Mount Pinatubo is a product of a subduction zone. Here a portion of the Pacific Plate is sliding under the Philippine Plate. Seawater is carried into the mantle where it alters them chemistry of the hot rocks, allowing some to melt. This magma then rises to the surface form volcanoes. Because of Mount Pinatubo is near the ring of fire, so the volcano is very dangerous and powerful.
What is the name of the plate mt shasta is on?
Mount Shasta is on the North American Plate.
Where did Mount Pinatubo's name originate from?
Mount Pinaubo's name means "a time when the mountain grew". Mout Pinaubo is a volcano in the Philippines. The word "Pinaubo" in tagalog means "to grow". There are ancient folktales among the people there that suggest that the volcano had large eruptions.
What is the cultural name of mt. Pinatubo?
Bundok/Bulkang Pinatubo
What is the name of the plate mount st Helen's lies on?
There are two plates that mount saint Helens lies on is Juan de Fuca and the North American plate
Can you name A well known volcanic eruption?
When I think volcano, I think of Mt. St. Helens. I also think of Vesuvius, Hawaii's Mauna Loa.
