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Is mount Pinatubo on a constructive or destructive plate boundary?
Mount Pinatubo is on a destructive plate boundary; it is above a subduction zone
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 are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?
The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.
Is Pinatubo is along converging plate boundaries?
Yes. Pinatubo and the other volcanoes of the Philippines are the result of he convergence between the Philippine Plate and the Eurasian plate.
What is the name of the plate that Mount Pinatubo rests on?
It rests on the Philippine plate
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 is the plate tectonic setting of Mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is located in the Philippines at the boundary where the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate converge. It is situated along the western edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is a region known for high seismic and volcanic activity due to tectonic plate movements.
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 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.
What kind of volcano is Mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is a stratovolcano
What tectonic plates is Mount Pinatubo on?
Convergent plate boundary, more specifically a subduction zone.
Is mount Pinatubo in Italy?
No, Mount Pinatubo is not in Italy. It is actually located in the Philippines. In 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted in one of the largest volcanic events of the 20th century.
