Notable Volcanoes Posters “Pe...-Pi...-”
for science & social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.

Mount Pelée is a dormant stratovolcanoe on the island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean.

Mount Pelée erupted in 1902 killing over 30,000 people.

Pico (Ponta do Pico), on Pico Island, Azores, is Portugal's highest mountain, and the highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Pico's most recent eruption occurred in December 1720.

Pichincha, an active stratovolcano, has two peaks, Guagua and Ruca, visible from the city of Quito, Equador.

In October of 1999, the volcano erupted and covered the city with several inches of ash.

Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano that produced “the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century (after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta) and the largest eruption in living memory.”

The volcano is located on Luzon Island near Manila, The Philippines, the former Clark Air Base, and the former U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay.

The Pitons, Gros & Petit, are two volcanic plugs in the Caribbean island country of Saint Lucia. They linked by the Piton Mitan Ridge.

The Pitons are a World Heritage Site.

Piton de la Fournaise, French for “Peak of the Furnace”, is a shield volcano on the eastern side of Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the Earth's most active volcanoes. The rim of the volcano is unstable and beginning to collapse; there is evidence that this phenomenon is characteristic of Piton de la Fournase.

FYI - A piton is a metal spike used in mountain climbing.