Koshtan-Tau
Koshtan-Tau is the highest peak of the Koshtan massif of the central Caucasus Mountains in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, near the border with Georgia. The peak was first ascended in 1889 by Herman Woolley and party.- Peak rising to 5,152 metres (16,903 feet)
- Description: mountain
- Also known as“Gora Kashtan-Tau”“Gora Koshtantau”“Koschtan Tau”
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Latitude
43.05003° or 43° 3′ 0″ north
Longitude
43.21347° or 43° 12′ 49″ east
Open location code
8HM53627+29
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Koshtan-Tau” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kóixtan-Tau”
- Catalan: “Koxtan-Tau”
- Cebuano: “Gora Koshtantau”
- Chinese: “科什坦山”
- Czech: “Koštan-Tau”
- Dutch: “Gora Koshtantau”
- Dutch: “Kosjtan-Taoe”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كوشتان تاو”
- French: “Kochtan-Taou”
- Georgian: “ყოშთანთაუ”
- German: “Koschtan-Tau”
- Greek: “Κοστάν-Τάου”
- Italian: “Koštantau”
- Ladin: “Koshtan-Tau”
- Lithuanian: “Koštantau”
- Macedonian: “Коштантау”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kosjtan-Tau”
- Ossetian: “Коштантау”
- Persian: “کوشتان-تاو”
- Polish: “Kosztantau”
- Russian: “Гора Коштантау”
- Russian: “Коштантау”
- Spanish: “Monte Koshtan-Tau”
- Swahili: “Koshtantau”
- Turkish: “Koştandağ”
- Ukrainian: “Коштан-тау”
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