Beshtau

Beshtau is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain in the northern vicinity of in the Northern Caucasus, Russia. It gave name to the historical region of Pyatigorye, the town of Pyatigorsk, and the ethnonym Pyatigoryan Circassians or Pyatigortsy.
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  • Type: Locality with 20 residents
  • Description: mountain in Russia
  • Also known as: “Stantsia Beshtau”, “Stantsiya Beshtau”, “Бештау (гора)”, “Гора Бештау”, “Станция Бештау”, and “ベシュ・タウ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inozemtsevo and Zheleznovodsk.

Town
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is an urban locality under the… is situated 3½ km southeast of Beshtau.

Town
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is a town in , Russia. is situated 4 km west of Beshtau.

Town
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is a town in , Russia, located on the mountainside of Beshtau. is situated 9 km west of Beshtau.

Beshtau

Latitude
44.12097° or 44° 7′ 16″ north
Longitude
43.07729° or 43° 4′ 38″ east
Population
20
Elevation
443 metres (1,453 feet)
Open location code
8HP543CG+9W
Geo­Names ID
11862944
Wiki­data ID
Q2626239
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Beshtau” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيشطاو”
  • Armenian: “Բեշթաու”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beşdağ (dağ)”
  • Bashkir: “Биштау (тау)”
  • Bashkir: “Биштау”
  • Belarusian: “Бештау”
  • Belarusian: “Бештаў”
  • Cebuano: “Gora Beshtau”
  • Dutch: “Besjtaoe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيشتاو”
  • Japanese: “ベシタウ”
  • Kirghiz: “Беш-Тоо (тоо)”
  • Kirghiz: “Беш-Тоо”
  • Ladin: “Beshtau”
  • Lithuanian: “Beštau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Besjtau”
  • Ossetian: “Бестау”
  • Persian: “کوه بشتاو”
  • Russian: “Бештау”
  • Russian: “посёлок Станция Бештау”
  • Serbian: “Планина Бештау”
  • Spanish: “Beshtau”
  • Tatar: “Биштау (тау)”
  • Turkish: “Beşdağ (dağ)”
  • Turkish: “Beşdağ”
  • Ukrainian: “Бештау”
  • Uzbek: “Beshtov (togʻ)”
  • Uzbek: “Beshtov”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Karras and Novoterskiy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Stantsiya Beshtau and Stantsiya Inozemtsevo.

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