Mount Pinukis

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Mount Pinukis
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Mount Pinukis
Philippines
Highest point
Elevation 5,026 ft (1,532 m) [1]
Prominence 3,999 ft (1,219 m) [2]
Listing Inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
Ribu
Coordinates 7°59′02″N123°13′59″E / 7.9838°N 123.2331°E / 7.9838; 123.2331
Geography
Location Mindanao
Country Philippines
Region Zamboanga Peninsula
Province Zamboanga del Sur
City Pagadian
Geology
Mountain type Unknown
Last eruption Unknown

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

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It covers more than 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres), 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. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Mt. Pinukis". peakvisor.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. "World Ribus - Philippines". World Ribus. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  3. "IRRESPONSIBLE MINING BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TO MIDSALIP". PREDA Foundation. 2011.
  4. "Philippines: Mining or Food? Case Study 1: Iron Ore & other Minerals, Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur - Mindanao Island" (PDF). 2008.
  5. "Mining in the Philippines – Concerns and Conflicts" (PDF). 2007.