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Mount Pinatubo is above a subduction zone from the philippine plate and the Eurasian Plate, The Philippine Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate because it is more dense.

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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.


What tectonic plates is Mount Pinatubo on?

Convergent plate boundary, more specifically a subduction zone.


What two plates formed mount Pinatubo?

Mt. Pinatubo is in a subduction zone. subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. In the Mt. Pinatubo area the Eurasian Plate slides under the Philippine Sea Plate at the Manila Trench.


Is mount Pinatubo on a constructive or destructive plate boundary?

Mount Pinatubo is on a destructive plate boundary; it is above a subduction zone


Is Pinatubo on the Philippine's on a convergent plate?

Yes, Mount Pinatubo is located in the Philippines, but it is not on a convergent plate boundary. It is actually located along the boundary of two tectonic plates, the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate, which are moving towards each other at a convergent boundary.


What are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?

The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.


What is the name of the plate that Mount Pinatubo rests on?

It rests on the Philippine plate


What type of tectonic setting did mount. Pelee form from?

Mount Pelée formed in a subduction zone tectonic setting. This is where one tectonic plate is being forced beneath another, creating intense pressure and heat that can lead to volcanic activity.


How did mount pinatubo occur?

Mount Pinatubo and the surrounding volcanoes of the volcanic arc rise up because of magma occlusion from the subduction plate boundary.


What plate boundaries is mount Pinatubo on?

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Is Mt Pinatubo on the ring of fire?

Yes. Mt Pinatubo is in The Philippines, which are located on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean, along the Ring of Fire.


Why did Mount Pinatubo erupt?

This eruption was caused because the Philippine plate subducted the Eurasian plate causing heat to build under Mount Pinatubo, this heat risen rapidly and the volcanic eruption occurred.Also, the volcano is in the Philipines and composite