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Caucasus Mountains

The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain range at the intersection of Asia and Europe. Stretching between the and the Caspian Sea, they are surrounded by the region and are home to , the highest peak in Europe at 5,642 metres above sea level.
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,009 metres
  • Description: mountain system spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia
  • Also known as: “Bol’shoy Kavkaz”, “Böyük Qafqaz”, “Caucasus”, “Great Caucasus”, “Greater Caucasus”, and “Kavkasioni”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biso and Khakhmati.

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is a village.

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is a village.

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Caucasus Mountains

Latitude
42.49137° or 42° 29′ 29″ north
Longitude
44.99613° or 44° 59′ 46″ east
Elevation
2,009 metres (6,591 feet)
Open location code
8HJ6FXRW+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3790325885
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
573081
Wiki­data ID
Q5477
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Satellite Map

Discover Caucasus Mountains from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Caucasus Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kaukasus”
  • Albanian: “Kaukazi”
  • Arabic: “القوقاز”
  • Arabic: “جبال القوقاز”
  • Armenian: “Կովկասյան լեռներ”
  • Asturian: “El Cáucasu”
  • Asturian: “Montes d’El Cáucasu”
  • Avaric: “Кавказ”
  • Avaric: “Кавказалъул мугӀрул”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qafqaz dağları”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qafqaz”
  • Bashkir: “Кавказ тауҙары”
  • Basque: “Kaukaso”
  • Bavarian: “Kaukasus”
  • Belarusian: “Каўказ”
  • Belarusian: “Каўказскія горы”
  • Belarusian: “Каўкаскія горы”
  • Bengali: “ককেশাস পর্বতমালা”
  • Bhojpuri: “कॉकेशस परबत”
  • Bosnian: “Kavkaz”
  • Breton: “Menezioù Kaokaz”
  • Bulgarian: “Кавказ”
  • Catalan: “Caucas”
  • Catalan: “montañas del caucas”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes del Caucas”
  • Catalan: “serralada del caucas”
  • Cebuano: “Caucasus Mountains”
  • Central Kurdish: “زنجیرەچیاکانی قەوقاز”
  • Chechen: “Кавказан лаьмнаш”
  • Chinese: “高加索”
  • Chinese: “高加索山”
  • Chinese: “高加索山脉”
  • Chinese: “高加索山脈”
  • Croatian: “Kavkaz”
  • Czech: “Kavkaz”
  • Danish: “Kaukasus”
  • Dutch: “Kaukasus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال القوقاز”
  • Esperanto: “Kaŭkazo”
  • Esperanto: “Kauxkazo”
  • Estonian: “Kaukaasia”
  • Estonian: “Kaukasus”
  • Faroese: “Kaukasus”
  • Finnish: “Kaukasus”
  • French: “Caucase”
  • French: “Géographie du Caucase”
  • Galician: “Cáucaso”
  • Galician: “Cordilleira do Cáucaso”
  • Georgian: “კავკასია”
  • Georgian: “კავკასიონი”
  • German: “Kaukasus”
  • Greek: “Καύκασος”
  • Guarani: “Yvytyrysýi Káukaso”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kavkaz sân-mak”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kô-kâ-sok sân-mak”
  • Hebrew: “הקווקז”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הקווקז”
  • Hindi: “काकेशस पर्वत शृंखला”
  • Hindi: “कॉकस पर्वत शृंखला”
  • Hungarian: “Kaukázus”
  • Icelandic: “Kákasusfjöll”
  • Ido: “Kaukazo”
  • Ido: “Montaro Kaukazo”
  • Indonesian: “Kaukasus”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Kaukasus”
  • Ingush: “Кавказа лоамаш”
  • Interlingua: “Caucaso”
  • Interlingue: “Caucás”
  • Irish: “Sléibhte Chugais”
  • Irish: “Sléibhte Cugais”
  • Italian: “Catena del Caucaso”
  • Italian: “Caucaso”
  • Japanese: “カフカス”
  • Japanese: “カフカス山脈”
  • Japanese: “コーカサス山脈”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Kavkaz”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Кавказ таула”
  • Kashubian: “Kaùkaz”
  • Korean: “카프카스 산맥”
  • Korean: “캅카스산맥”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayên Qefqazê”
  • Ladin: “Caucas”
  • Latin: “Caucasus”
  • Latvian: “Kaukāza kalni”
  • Latvian: “Kaukāzs”
  • Lezghian: “Къавкаса сувар”
  • Lezghian: “Къавкъаздин сувар”
  • Limburgan: “Kaukasus”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaukazas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaukazo kalnai”
  • Low German: “Kaukasus”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Kawkaz”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kaukasus”
  • Macedonian: “Кавказ”
  • Maithili: “ककेसस पर्वत”
  • Malay: “Pergunungan Caucasus”
  • Malay: “Pergunungan Kaukasus”
  • Malayalam: “കോക്കസസ് പർവതം”
  • Marathi: “कॉकासस पर्वतरांग”
  • Marathi: “कॉकेशस पर्वतरांग”
  • Mingrelian: “კავკაციონი”
  • Moksha: “Кавказонь панттне”
  • Mongolian: “Кавказын нуруу”
  • Nepali: “ककेसस पर्वत”
  • Nepali: “ककेसस हिमशृङ्खला”
  • Northern Sami: “Kaukasusvárit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian: “Kaukasus”
  • Ossetian: “Кавказ”
  • Ossetian: “Кавказы хæхтæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਹ ਕਾਫ਼”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਹਕਾਫ਼ ਪਰਬਤ”
  • Persian: “رشته‌کوه قفقاز”
  • Polish: “Kaukaz”
  • Portuguese: “Cáucaso”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira do Cáucaso”
  • Romanian: “Caucaz”
  • Romanian: “Munții Caucaz”
  • Russian: “Кавказ”
  • Russian: “Кавказские горы”
  • Samogitian: “Kaukazos”
  • Scots: “Caucasus Moontains”
  • Serbian: “Кавказ”
  • Serbian: “Кавкаске планине”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kavkaske planine”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kavkaz”
  • Sindhi: “قفقاز”
  • Sinhala: “කෝකසස් කඳු”
  • Slovenian: “Kavkaz”
  • Spanish: “Cáucaso”
  • Spanish: “Cáucasoo”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera del Cáucaso”
  • Swahili: “Kaukazi”
  • Swedish: “Kaukasus”
  • Tagalog: “Bulubundukin ng Caucasus”
  • Tagalog: “Bulubundukin ng Kaukasya”
  • Tajik: “Кӯҳҳои Қафқоз”
  • Tamil: “காக்கசஸ் மலைத்தொடர்”
  • Tatar: “Qawqaz”
  • Tatar: “Кавказ таулары”
  • Telugu: “కాకసస్ పర్వతాలు”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาคอเคซัส”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kaukasus”
  • Turkish: “Kafkas Dağları”
  • Turkish: “Kafkaslar”
  • Uighur: “كاۋكاز تاغ تىزمىسى”
  • Ukrainian: “Кавказ”
  • Ukrainian: “Кавказькі гори”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kawkaz”
  • Urdu: “قفقاز پہاڑیاں”
  • Urdu: “کوہ قفقاز”
  • Uzbek: “Kavkaz togʻlari”
  • Venetian: “Caena del Caucaso”
  • Venetian: “Càucazo”
  • Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Kavkaz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabubkiran Caucaso”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabugkiran Caucaso”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd y Cawcasws”
  • Western Armenian: “Փոքր Կովկաս”
  • Western Frisian: “Kaukasus”
  • Western Panjabi: “قفقاز پہاڑیاں”
  • Wu Chinese: “高加索山脉”
  • Yiddish: “קאווקאז בערג”
  • Yiddish: “קאווקאז”
  • Yue Chinese: “高加索山脈”
  • “Kaukazos”
  • “कॉकेशस परबत”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chalisopeli and Ache.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Karatisjvari and Likoki.

Georgia: Must-Visit Destinations

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Curious Peaks to Discover

Uncover intriguing peaks from every corner of the globe.
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