Tyatya

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Tyatya
Elevation 1,819 metres (5,968 feet)
Location Kunashir, Kuril Islands, Russia
Coordinates 44.351° N 146.256° E
Type Stratovolcano / somma volcano
Last eruption 1981

Tyatya (Russian: Тятя, also spelled Tiatia and known as Chachadake in Japanese) is a volcano located in the northeastern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It is the highest peak on the island. 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..

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