Definition of Mount Pinatubo

1. Noun. A volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy.

Exact synonyms: Pinatubo
Generic synonyms: Volcano

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mount Pinatubo

Mount Carmel
Mount Cook lily
Mount Elbert
Mount Etna
Mount Everest
Mount Fuji
Mount Godwin Austen
Mount Hubbard
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Logan
Mount McKinley
Mount Megiddo
Mount Olympus
Mount Orizaba
Mount Pinatubo (current term)
Mount Ranier
Mount Ranier National Park
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore State
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Shasta
Mount Sherman
Mount Sinai
Mount St. Helens
Mount Tacoma
Mount Vernon
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Whitney
Mount Wilson

Literary usage of Mount Pinatubo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Disasters in the Philippines: July ‘90 Earthquake & June ‘91 by Giovanni Rantucci (1995)
"8.3 Mount Pinatubo eruption 8.3.1 Pre-emption signs and major explosive ... More consistent signs of Mount Pinatubo awakening after about 400 years of ..."

2. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics by W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling (1996)
"While the Unzen eruptions have caused deaths and considerable local damage, the impact of the June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was global. ..."

3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"... Province of Zambales, Mount Pinatubo, Bur. Sei. 2537 Foxworthy, alt. 1600 to 1.800 in: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, l,eiberg (¡032: Elmer 6760; ..."

4. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"... we have recently experienced the giant cloud from the large Plinian eruption of Mount Pinatubo on Luzon in the Philippines, which on June 15-16, 1991, ..."

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