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Tyatya
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
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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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