Mount Pinukis
Appearance
Mount Pinukis | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,562 m (5,125 ft) |
Coordinates | 7°59′02″N 123°13′59″E / 7.9838°N 123.2331°E |
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]