Main Caucasus Range

The Main Caucasian Range is a mountain range in the Russian Federation, and . It is the dividing range of the . The of the range are the Teberda Nature Reserve, Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve.
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,579 metres
  • Description: Main mountain chain of the Caucasus Mountains, stretching from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea
  • Also known as: Glavnyy Kavkazskiy Khrebet” and “Main Caucasian Range

Main Caucasus Range

Latitude
43.135° or 43° 8′ 6″ north
Longitude
42.92194° or 42° 55′ 19″ east
Elevation
3,579 metres (11,742 feet)
Open location code
8HM44WMC+XQ
Geo­Names ID
561377
Wiki­data ID
Q2494529
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Main Caucasus Range” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سلسلة جبال القوقاز الرئيسة
  • Azerbaijani: Baş Qafqaz silsiləsi
  • Bashkir: Төп Кавказ һырты
  • Belarusian: Галоўны Каўказскі хрыбет
  • Belarusian: Галоўны Каўкаскі хрыбет
  • Cebuano: Glavnyy Kavkazskiy khrebet
  • Cebuano: Glavnyy Kavkazskiy Khrebet
  • Czech: Hlavní hřbet
  • Czech: Hlavní kavkazský hřeben
  • Dutch: Glavnyy Kavkazskiy Khrebet
  • Estonian: Peaahelik
  • Georgian: K’avk’asionis Mtavari Kedi
  • Georgian: კავკასიონის მთავარი ქედი
  • Georgian: კავკასიონის მთავარი წყალგამყოფი ქედი
  • German: Kaukasus-Hauptkamm
  • Ingush: Керттера Кавказа дукъ
  • Japanese: メイン・コーカサス
  • Japanese: 主カフカス
  • Japanese: 主カフカス山脈
  • Japanese: 主コーカサス
  • Japanese: 主コーカサス山脈
  • Japanese: 大カフカス山脈
  • Kirghiz: Башкы же Суу бөлгүч кырка тоосу
  • Ladin: Ciadëina Prinzipela dl Caucasus
  • Latin: Iugum Principale
  • Latvian: Galvenā Kaukāza grēda
  • Lezghian: Къавкъаздин Кьилин цӀиргъ
  • Lithuanian: Pagrindinis Kaukazo kalnagūbris
  • Mingrelian: კავკაციონიშ თარი წყარგჷმართუ ქჷნდჷრი
  • Ossetian: Стыр хох
  • Persian: رشته‌کوه قفقاز اصلی
  • Polish: Pasmo Główne
  • Russian: Большой Кавказский хребет
  • Russian: ГКХ
  • Russian: Главный Кавказский хребет
  • Russian: Главный Кавказский Хребет
  • Russian: Главный хребет
  • Slovenian: Glavni kavkaški hrbet
  • Slovenian: Kavkaški hrbet
  • Swedish: Glavnyy Kavkazskiy Khrebet
  • Turkish: Ana Kafkas Dağları
  • Ukrainian: Головний Кавказький хребет
  • Venetian: Glavnyy Kavkazskiy Khrebet
  • Venetian: Main Caucasus Range

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