Mount Elbrus

Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in and . It is a dormant stratovolcano rising 5,642 m above sea level, and is the highest volcano in Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,642 metres
  • Description: highest mountain of the Caucasus and highest mountain in Europe
  • Also known as: “Elborus”, “Elbrus”, “Elbruz”, “Elburz”, “Mingi Tau”, “Mingi-tau”, “Mount Elbrus (West Summit)”, “Mount Elbruz”, “Mt’a Ialbruzi”, and “Минги-Тау”
Photo: Oliwok, CC BY 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Observatory Pik Terskol.

Locality
Photo: Lyseria, CC BY 3.0.
is a locality, which is situated 10 km southeast of Mount Elbrus.

Mount Elbrus

Latitude
43.35241° or 43° 21′ 9″ north
Longitude
42.43784° or 42° 26′ 16″ east
Elevation
5,642 metres (18,510 feet)
Open location code
8HM49C2Q+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 281936304
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
563532
Wiki­data ID
Q43105
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Mount Elbrus” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Ельбрус”
  • Afrikaans: “Berg Elbroes”
  • Afrikaans: “Elbroes”
  • Afrikaans: “Elbrus”
  • Albanian: “Elbrus”
  • Amharic: “ኤልብረስ ተራራ”
  • Amharic: “ኤልብሩስ ተራራ”
  • Arabic: “إلبروز”
  • Arabic: “إلبروس”
  • Arabic: “جبل ألبروز”
  • Arabic: “جبل البروز”
  • Aragonese: “Elbrús”
  • Aragonese: “Elbruz”
  • Aragonese: “Mont Elbrus”
  • Aragonese: “Mont Elbrús”
  • Aragonese: “Mont Elbruz”
  • Armenian: “Էլբրուս”
  • Asturian: “Monte Elbrús”
  • Avaric: “Элбрус”
  • Azerbaijani: “Elbrus dağı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Elbrus”
  • Balinese: “Gunung Elbrus”
  • Bashkir: “Эльбрус”
  • Basque: “Elbrus”
  • Belarusian: “Эльбрус”
  • Bengali: “এলব্রুস পর্বত”
  • Bhojpuri: “माउंट एल्ब्रस”
  • Bosnian: “Elbrus”
  • Breton: “Elbrous”
  • Breton: “Elbrouz”
  • Bulgarian: “Елбрус”
  • Catalan: “Elbrus”
  • Catalan: “Elbrús”
  • Catalan: “Mont Elbrus”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Elbrus”
  • Central Kurdish: “کێوی ئەلبروز”
  • Chechen: “Элабарз”
  • Chechen: “Эльбрус”
  • Chinese: “厄尔布鲁士山”
  • Chinese: “厄尔布鲁士峰”
  • Chinese: “厄爾布魯士山”
  • Chinese: “厄爾布魯士峰”
  • Chinese: “厄爾布魯斯峰”
  • Chinese: “鄂爾布魯士山”
  • Church Slavic: “Єл҄ьброусъ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Elburus”
  • Croatian: “Elbrus”
  • Czech: “Elbrus”
  • Czech: “nejvyšší hora Ruska”
  • Danish: “Elbrus”
  • Danish: “Mount Elbrus”
  • Dutch: “Elbroes”
  • Dutch: “Elbroez”
  • Dutch: “Elbrus”
  • Dutch: “Elbruz”
  • Dutch: “Strobilus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل البروس”
  • Esperanto: “Elbruso”
  • Estonian: “Elbrus”
  • Finnish: “Elbrus”
  • French: “Elboruz”
  • French: “Elbrous”
  • French: “Elbrouz”
  • French: “Mont Elbrouz”
  • Galician: “Elbrus”
  • Galician: “Monte Elbrus”
  • Georgian: “იალბუზი”
  • German: “Elbrus (Westgipfel)”
  • German: “Elbrus Westgipfel”
  • German: “Elbrus”
  • Greek: “Ελμπρούς”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Elbrus-sân”
  • Hebrew: “אלברוס”
  • Hebrew: “הר אלברוס”
  • Hindi: “एल्ब्रुस पर्वत”
  • Hungarian: “Elbrusz”
  • Icelandic: “Elbrus”
  • Iloko: “Bantay Elbrus”
  • Inari Sami: “Elbrus”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Elbrus”
  • Ingush: “Аьлбоарз”
  • Interlingue: “Elbrus”
  • Italian: “Elbrus”
  • Italian: “monte Elbrus”
  • Italian: “Monte Elbrus”
  • Italian: “Strobilus”
  • Japanese: “エリブルース山”
  • Japanese: “エルブルース”
  • Japanese: “エルブルース山”
  • Japanese: “エルブルス”
  • Japanese: “エルブルス山”
  • Japanese: “エルブルズ山”
  • Japanese: “エルブルス西峰”
  • Javanese: “Gunung Elbrus”
  • Javanese: “Mount Elbrus”
  • Kabardian: “Lуащхьэмахуэ”
  • Kabardian: “Ӏуащхьэмахуэ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Минги тау”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Минги таў”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Минги-тау”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Эльбрус”
  • Kazakh: “Эльбрус”
  • Kirghiz: “Эльбрус”
  • Komi: “Эльбрус”
  • Korean: “엘브루스 산”
  • Korean: “옐브루스산”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayê Elbrûs”
  • Ladin: “Elbrus”
  • Latin: “Elbrus mons”
  • Latin: “Elbrus”
  • Latin: “Mons Elbrus”
  • Latvian: “Elbruss”
  • Lithuanian: “Elbrusas”
  • Lithuanian: “Strobilus”
  • Luxembourgish: “Elbrouz”
  • Luxembourgish: “Elbrus”
  • Luxembourgish: “Elbruz”
  • Macedonian: “Елбрус”
  • Malay: “Gunung Elbrus”
  • Malayalam: “എൽബ്രസ് പർവതം”
  • Marathi: “एल्ब्रुस पर्वत”
  • Marathi: “माउंट एल्ब्रुस”
  • Mazanderani: “البروس”
  • Mingrelian: “იალბუზი”
  • Mongolian: “Эльбрус”
  • Nauru: “Elbrus”
  • Northern Frisian: “Elbrus”
  • Northern Sami: “Elbrus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elbrus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Elbrus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elbrus”
  • Norwegian: “Elbrus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Elbroz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Elbrós”
  • Ossetian: “Цатыбæрзонд”
  • Ossetian: “Эльбрус”
  • Ossetian: “Эльбрусы хох”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਉਂਟ ਐਲਬਰਸ”
  • Papiamento: “Elbrus”
  • Persian: “البروس”
  • Persian: “کوه البروس”
  • Polish: “Elbrus”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Elbrus”
  • Romanian: “Elbrus”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Elbrus”
  • Romansh: “Elbrus”
  • Russian: “Минги тау”
  • Russian: “Эльбрус (гора)”
  • Russian: “Эльбрус Западный”
  • Russian: “Эльбрус”
  • Scots: “Moont Elbrus”
  • Serbian: “Алборз”
  • Serbian: “Елбрус”
  • Serbian: “Эльбрус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elbrus”
  • Sindhi: “ايلبرس جبل”
  • Skolt Sami: “Elbrus”
  • Slovak: “Elbrus”
  • Slovak: “Eľbrus”
  • Slovenian: “Elbrus”
  • Spanish: “Elbrus”
  • Spanish: “Elbrús”
  • Spanish: “Monte Elbrús”
  • Swahili: “Elbrus”
  • Swedish: “Elbrus”
  • Tajik: “Албрус”
  • Tajik: “Кӯҳи Элбрус”
  • Tamil: “எல்பிரஸ் மலை”
  • Thai: “Elbrus”
  • Thai: “ยอดเขาเอลบรุส”
  • Turkish: “Elbrus dağı”
  • Turkish: “Elbrus”
  • Turkish: “Elbruz Dağı”
  • Turkish: “Elbruz”
  • Turkish: “Mingitav”
  • Ukrainian: “Ельбрус”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Elbrus”
  • Urdu: “البروس”
  • Uzbek: “Elbrus”
  • Venetian: “Monte Elbrus”
  • Veps: “El’brus”
  • Vietnamese: “Elbrus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Elbrus”
  • Welsh: “Elbrus”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Elbrus”
  • Western Frisian: “Elbroes”
  • Western Frisian: “Elbrûs”
  • Western Panjabi: “البروس”
  • Wu Chinese: “厄尔布鲁士山”
  • Yakut: “Эльбрус”
  • Yue Chinese: “厄爾布魯士山”
  • “माउंट एल्ब्रस”

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Notable Places Nearby

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