Mount Pinatubo

Mount Pinatubo. Located in Luzon, this active volcano is bordered by Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga provinces. It erupted in 1991 which affected the whole world and was dubbed as the second largest explosion in of the twentieth century, next to explosion of Novarupta in Alaska in 1912.

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Luzon, near the tripoint of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga. It is located in the Tri-Cabusilan Mountain range separating the west coast of Luzon from the central plains, and is 42 km (26 mi) west of the dormant and solitary Mount Arayat. Before 1991, the mountain has no recorded historical eruptions. It was heavily eroded, inconspicuous and obscured from view. It was covered with dense forest which supported a population of several thousand indigenous people, the Aeta, who had fled to the mountains from the lowlands during the Spanish conquest of the Philippines.