Greater Caucasus
Greater Caucasus is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains. The range stretches for about 1,200 kilometres from west-northwest to east-southeast, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea: from the Western Caucasus in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian.Notable Places in the Area
Mount Elbrus
Volcano
Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe. As the highest peak in the Caucasus Mountains, the dormant volcano rises 5,642 m above sea level, and is the highest stratovolcano in Eurasia, and the tenth-most prominent peak in the world. Photo: Jason Blue-Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greater Caucasus
- Type: Mountain range
- Description: mountain range
- Location: Kabardino-Balkaria, North Caucasus, Southern Russia, Russia, Europe
Latitude 43.345° or 43° 20' 42" north | Longitude 42.44° or 42° 26' 24" east |
OpenStreetMap ID node 4937994275 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جبال القوقاز الكبرى
- Armenian: Մեծ Կովկաս
- Avaric: КІудияб Кавказ
- Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz
- Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz dağları
- Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz sıra dağları
- Bashkir: Оло Кавказ
- Basque: Kaukaso Handia
- Belarusian: Вялікі Каўказ
- Bhojpuri: बड़का कॉकेशस
- Bosnian: Veliki Kavkaz
- Bulgarian: Голям Кавказ
- Catalan: Caucas Major
- Catalan: Gran Caucas
- Chechen: Йоккха Кавказ
- Chinese: 大高加索山脈
- Chinese: 大高加索山脉
- Croatian: Veliki Kavkaz
- Czech: Velký Kavkaz
- Dutch: Grote-Kaukasus
- Dutch: Grote Kaukasus
- Esperanto: Granda Kaŭkazo
- Estonian: Suur-Kaukasus
- French: Grand Caucase
- Georgian: დიდი კავკასიონი
- German: Grosser Kaukasus
- German: Großer Kaukasus
- Greek: Caucasus major
- Greek: Μεγάλος Καύκασος
- Guarani: Káukaso Guasu
- Hebrew: הקווקז הגדול
- Hebrew: הרי הקווקז הגדול
- Hebrew: הרי קווקז הגדול
- Hebrew: רכס הרי הקווקז הגדול
- Hungarian: Nagy-Kaukázus
- Indonesian: Kaukasus Besar
- Indonesian: Kaukasus Raya
- Ingush: Йоккха Кавказ
- Italian: Caucaso Maggiore
- Italian: Gran Caucaso
- Japanese: グレーター・コーカサス
- Japanese: 大コーカサス山脈
- Korean: 대카프카스 산맥
- Korean: 대캅카스 산맥
- Korean: 볼쇼이카프카스 산맥
- Korean: 볼쇼이캅카스산맥
- Latin: Caucasus Maior
- Latvian: Lielais Kaukāzs
- Lezghian: ЧIехи Къавкъаз
- Lithuanian: Didysis Kaukazas
- Macedonian: Голем Кавказ
- Malay: Banjaran Pergunungan Caucasus Besar
- Malay: Banjaran Pergunungan Kaukasus Besar
- Norwegian: Store Kaukasus
- Norwegian Bokmål: Store Kaukasus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Store Kaukasus
- Persian: قفقاز بزرگ
- Polish: Wielki Kaukaz
- Portuguese: Grande Cáucaso
- Romanian: Caucazul Mare
- Romanian: Munţii Caucazul Mare
- Romanian: Munții Caucazul Mare
- Russian: Большой Кавказ
- Serbian: Veliki Kavkaz
- Serbian: Велики Кавказ
- Slovak: Veľký Kaukaz
- Slovenian: Veliki Kavkaz
- Slovenian: Visoki Kavkaz
- Spanish: Alto Caucaso
- Spanish: Alto Cáucaso
- Spanish: Gran Caucaso
- Spanish: Gran Cáucaso
- Swedish: Stora Kaukasus
- Tatar: Зур Кавказ
- Turkish: Büyük Kafkas Dağları
- Ukrainian: Великий Кавказ
- Urdu: قفقاز عظیم
- Uzbek: Katta Kavkaz
- Uzbek: Катта Кавказ
- Welsh: Cawcasws Mwyaf
- Yue Chinese: 大高加索山脈
Other Places Named Greater Caucasus
- Caucasus MountainsMountain range, Georgia
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Lednik GarabashGlacier
- Gora Kukurtli-KolbashiMountain
- Lednik UllukamGlacier
- Lednik BitintebeGlacier
- Lednik UlluchiranGlacier
- Lednik KukurtliGlacier
Other Places
- RedFox 5300Shelter
- Верхние скалы Ленца, 5250мCampsite
- Средние скалы Ленца, 4800мCampsite
- Старый забитый снегом кунгShelter
- Khorev hotelShelter
- Нижние скалы Ленца, 4600мCampsite
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