Mount Beshtau

Beshtau is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain in the northern vicinity of in the Northern Caucasus. 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: Peak with an elevation of 1,401 metres
  • Description: mountain in Russia
  • Also known as: “Beshtau” and “Gora Beshtau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ostraya and Kabanka.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zheleznovodsk and Lermontov.

Town
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is a town in , . Population: 24,433 ; 25,135 ; 28,460 .

Town
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is a town in , , located on the mountainside of . Population: 22,541 ; 22,964 ; 20,772 ; 16,500.

Town
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is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of oblast significance of in , . Population: 28,398 ; 27,110 ; 21,358 .

Mount Beshtau

Latitude
44.0981° or 44° 5′ 53″ north
Longitude
43.0221° or 43° 1′ 20″ east
Elevation
1,401 metres (4,596 feet)
Open location code
8HP532XC+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1450715419
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q2626239
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

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Localities in the Area

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