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.Landmarks in the Area
Mount Elbrus (West Summit)
Volcano
Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia, near the border with Georgia. Mount Elbrus (West Summit) is situated 1 km north of Greater Caucasus. Photo: Jason Blue-Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greater Caucasus
- Type: 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
Also Known As
- Czech: Velký Kavkaz
- German: Großer Kaukasus
- Большой Кавказ
In the Area
Localities
- Пост МЧСLocality, 3½ km southeast
- Place of Prijut 11Locality, 4 km southeast
- BochkiLocality, 6 km south
- Каменные грибыLocality, 8 km northeast
- урочище БирджальLocality, 9 km northeast
- Обсерватория Пик ТерсколLocality, 9 km southeast
Landmarks
- FumaroleCave, 600 meters northeast
- SnowcatTourist attraction, 1½ km southeast
- Западное Плечо ЭльбрусаSaddle, 2 km west
- Штурмовой лагерь 4500Campsite, 3½ km northwest
- Maria shelterMountain hut, 3½ km southeast
- Memorial Dead MountaineerMemorial, 3½ km southeast
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