South Tuya

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South Tuya
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Elevation 1,829 metres (5,637 feet)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Tuya Range
Coordinates 59°02′N, 130°05′W
Type Tuya
Age of rock Pleistocene
Last eruption Pleistocene

South Tuya is a tuya clustered around Tuya Lake in the Stikine Volcanic Belt in British Columbia. The base of South Tuya comprises hyaloclastite and pillow lava indicating that the volcano formed beneath a large lake or beneath ice.