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Also known as Vulkan Tyatya

Tyatya (, also spelled Tiatia and known as Chachadake (爺爺岳) in Japanese) is an active volcano located in the northeastern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It is the highest peak on the island with an elevation of . Tyatya is one of the finest examples anywhere in the world of a somma volcano, a stratovolcano whose summit has collapsed to form a caldera which has then been mostly refilled by a new, younger volcanic cone which rises above the caldera rim. thumb|150px|left|Relief Map

Key facts

Mountain.name
Tyatya
Mountain.other_name
Chachadake
Mountain.photo
Tyatya volcano in Russia - 2010-09-11.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Tyatya in 2010, viewed from the south-west
Mountain.elevation_m
1822
Mountain.prominence_m
1822
Mountain.map
Russia Sakhalin Oblast
Mountain.map_size
220
Mountain.label_position
right
Mountain.listing
Ultra
Mountain.location
Kunashir, Kuril Islands, Russia
Mountain.type
Stratovolcano / somma volcano
Mountain.last_eruption
June 1981

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Elevation
1819
Image
KunashirISS005-E-9401.PNG
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topographic prominence
1819
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Tyatya (, also spelled Tiatia and known as Chachadake (爺爺岳) in Japanese) is an active volcano located in the northeastern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It is the highest peak on the island with an elevation of . Tyatya is one of the finest examples anywhere in the world of a somma volcano, a stratovolcano whose summit has collapsed to form a caldera which has then been mostly refilled by a new, younger volcanic cone which rises above the caldera rim. thumb|150px|left|Relief Map

==See also== List of volcanoes in Russia List of ultras of Northeast Asia

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