Mount Pinukis

Mount Pinukis
Mount Pinukis
Philippines
Highest point
Elevation 1,562 m (5,125 ft)
Coordinates 7°59′02″N 123°13′59″E / 7.9838°N 123.2331°E / 7.9838; 123.2331Coordinates: 7°59′02″N 123°13′59″E / 7.9838°N 123.2331°E / 7.9838; 123.2331 
Geography
Location Philippines
Geology
Mountain type Unknown
Last eruption Unknown

The Pinukis is a 1,562 meters above sea level high inactive volcano in Brgy. Lison Valley, municipality of Pagadian City, Philippines.

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 Subaanen 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. [1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IRRESPONSIBLE MINING BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TO MIDSALIP". PREDA Foundation. 2011.
  2. ↑ "Philippines: Mining or Food? Case Study 1: Iron Ore & other Minerals, Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur - Mindanao Island" (PDF). 2008.
  3. ↑ "Mining in the Philippines – Concerns and Conflicts" (PDF). 2007.
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