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Talakmau

Talakmau (Talamau, Ophir; Gunung Talamau), a dormant andesitic-dacitic complex volcano in West Pasaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 2,911-2,913 m, highest peak in West Sumatra, no confirmed eruptions, disputed 1937 report.

Tandikat-Singgalang

Tandikat-Singgalang (Gunung Tandikat, Tandikai) is a twin stratovolcano complex in West Sumatra, Indonesia: Singgalang 2,810 m, Tandikat 2,439 m, last eruption 1924, with two Holocene VEI 5 eruptions about 4.4 and 4.9 ka ago.

Tanete Gandangdewata

Tanete Gandangdewata (Gandang Dewata), a 3,037-3,074 m peak in the Quarles range, West Sulawesi, Indonesia; highest in the province, second highest in Sulawesi, core of Gandang Dewata National Park.

Taunshits

Taunshits (Вулкан Тауншиц) is an andesitic stratovolcano, 2,301 m, on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula west of Uzon caldera; its western flank collapsed about 8,000 years ago in a Mount St. Helens-like directed blast, and its last eruption dates to about 550 BCE.

Tekilik Shan

Tekilik Shan (铁克勒克山), a 5,450 m Ultra-prominent peak in the Kunlun Mountains, Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China; prominence about 2,316 m, key col 3,134 m, no registered ascents.

Telong, Bur ni

Bur ni Telong, also written Burni Telong, is an active 2,617-meter stratovolcano in Bener Meriah regency, Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia, historically active with no eruption since 1937.

Tenduruk Dagi

Tenduruk Dagi (Tendürek Dağı) is a 3,514 m shield volcano with a caldera in eastern Turkey near the Iranian border, 50 km south of Ararat; last erupted 1855, with ongoing subsidence and hydrothermal activity.

Tengu-dake

Tengu-dake (天狗岳) names several Japanese mountains: the 2,646 m twin-summit highest peak of northern Yatsugatake, Nagano, and the 1,982 m summit of Mount Ishizuchi, Ehime, western Japan's highest.

Tokachidake

Tokachidake (十勝岳) is an active 2,077 m basaltic-andesitic volcano group in central Hokkaido, Japan, site of the deadly 1926 Taisho Mudflow and eruptions in 1962 and 1988–89.

Tomort

Tomort (托木尔提峰, Tomurty) is the 4,886 m highest peak of the Karlik Mountains, far eastern Tien Shan, Xinjiang, China, near Hami. An ultra with ~3,240 m prominence (world rank 70), first climbed in 2005 by a Japanese National Defense Academy team; distinct from Tomur Peak (7,439 m).

Uludoruk

Uludoruk, also called Reşko or Gelyaşin, is a 4,135 m peak in the Cilo Mountains, Hakkâri Province, Turkey's second-highest mountain after Ağrı, and carries Turkey's largest valley glacier.

Ulugh Muztagh

Ulugh Muztagh, the 'Great Ice Mountain' in Turki, is a 6,973 m massif in the Arkatag Shan, central Kunlun Mountains, China. Once reputed 7,723 m and a volcano, it was first climbed and remeasured at about 6,987 m by the 1985 joint Chinese-American expedition.

Victoria Peak (太平山)

Victoria Peak (太平山), 552 m, is the highest point on Hong Kong Island but not of Hong Kong (Tai Mo Shan is taller). Its closed summit, Victoria Gap, Peak Tram (1888, Asia's first funicular), and Peak Tower define the district called The Peak.

Vilyuchinsky

Vilyuchinsky (Vilyuchik) is a 2,173 m Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano south of Avachinsky Bay, Kamchatka, Russia; last erupted about 8050 BCE (VEI 2), now eroded by rain-triggered landslides, within the Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage site.

Xuebao Ding

Xuebao Ding (雪宝顶, Shar Dung Ri) is a 5,588 m peak in Songpan County, Sichuan, the highest of the Min Shan, an ultra (2,057 m prominence) with China's easternmost glaciers, first climbed in 1986.

Xuelian Feng

Xuelian Feng (雪莲峰, Snow Lotus Peak) is a 6,627 m ultra-prominent peak in the Chinese Central Tian Shan, Xinjiang, first climbed in 1990 by Japanese climbers; its satellite peaks were first ascended in 2009.

Yakedake

Yakedake (焼岳) is a 2,455 m active andesite-dacite stratovolcano with a summit lava dome on the Nagano-Gifu border above Kamikochi, Japan. Its 1915 phreatic eruption and lahar dammed the Azusa River, forming Taisho-ike; the 1995 Abo Tunnel steam explosion killed four workers.

YAO SHAN

Yao Shan (药山, Medicine Mountain), also Jiaoding Shan, is a 4,042 m Ultra-prominence peak in Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China, named for its 856 medicinal plant species and protected by Yaoshan National Nature Reserve; distinct from smaller Yao Shan hills in Guangdong and Guilin.

Yaomei Feng

Yaomei Feng (幺妹峰), or Fourth Girl Peak, is the 6,247.8 m granite main summit of the Siguniang massif in the Qionglai Mountains, Sichuan, China; second highest in Sichuan, first climbed in 1981 by a Japanese Doshisha University team.

Yokodake

Yokodake (横岳), 2,480 m stratovolcano in Nagano, Japan, the only active volcano of the Yatsugatake group; last erupted ca. 1200 CE, with Y9 lava at ca. 0.6 ka and a stable eruption rate of about 10^-2 km3/ky.

Yoteizan

Yoteizan (羊蹄山, Mount Yotei, Ezo Fuji) is a 1,898 m symmetrical andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano in southwestern Hokkaido, Japan, NW of Toya caldera; last erupted about 2,500 years ago, no historical eruptions.

Zard Kuh

Zard Kuh (زردکوه بختیاری, "Yellow Mountain") is a 4,221 m sub-range in the central Zagros, Iran, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province; source of the Karun and Zayanderud rivers, with small glaciers and Bakhtiari nomad crossings.