Greater Caucasus

The Greater Caucasus is the major mountain range of the . It stretches for about 1,200 kilometres from west-northwest to east-southeast, from the of the to the of the Caspian Sea: from the Western Caucasus in the vicinity of on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to on the Caspian.
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Elbrus and Kukurtlu Dome.

Volcano
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is the highest mountain in and . It is a dormant stratovolcano rising 5,642 m above sea level, and is the highest volcano in Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world.

Peak
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is a mountain peak in . It is 4,624 metres above sea level. Since it only has a promience height of 18 metres, it is considered a sub-peak of Elbrus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Observatory Pik Terskol.

Locality
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is a locality.

Greater Caucasus

Latitude
43.345° or 43° 20′ 42″ north
Longitude
42.44° or 42° 26′ 24″ east
Open location code
8HM48CVQ+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4937994275
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Wiki­data ID
Q486986
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Greater Caucasus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبال القوقاز الكبرى”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ Կովկաս”
  • Avaric: “КӀудияб Кавказ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Qafqaz dağları”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Qafqaz sıra dağları”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Qafqaz”
  • Bashkir: “Оло Кавказ”
  • Basque: “Kaukaso Handia”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі Каўказ”
  • Bhojpuri: “ग्रेटर काकेशस”
  • Bhojpuri: “ग्रेटर कॉकेशस”
  • Bhojpuri: “बड़का काकेशस”
  • Bosnian: “Veliki Kavkaz”
  • Bulgarian: “Голям Кавказ”
  • Catalan: “Caucas Major”
  • Catalan: “Gran Caucas”
  • Catalan: “Serralada del Gran Caucas”
  • Chechen: “Йоккха Кавказ”
  • Chinese: “大高加索山脉”
  • Chinese: “大高加索山脈”
  • Chuvash: “Мăн Кавказ”
  • Croatian: “Veliki Kavkaz”
  • Czech: “Velký Kavkaz”
  • Danish: “Store Kaukasus”
  • Dutch: “Grote Kaukasus”
  • Dutch: “Grote-Kaukasus”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Kaŭkazo”
  • Estonian: “Suur-Kaukasus”
  • Finnish: “Iso-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: “大カフカス”
  • Japanese: “大カフカス山脈”
  • Japanese: “大コーカサス”
  • Japanese: “大コーカサス山脈”
  • Kazakh: “Үлкен Кавказ”
  • Korean: “대카프카스 산맥”
  • Korean: “대캅카스 산맥”
  • Korean: “볼쇼이카프카스 산맥”
  • Korean: “볼쇼이캅카스산맥”
  • Ladin: “Gran Caucas”
  • Latin: “Caucasus Maior”
  • Latvian: “Lielais Kaukāzs”
  • Lezghian: “ЧӀехи Къавкъаз”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Kaukazas”
  • Macedonian: “Голем Кавказ”
  • Malay: “Banjaran Pergunungan Caucasus Besar”
  • Malay: “Banjaran Pergunungan Kaukasus Besar”
  • Northern Frisian: “Grat Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Store Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Store Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian: “Store Kaukasus”
  • Ossetian: “Стыр Кавказ”
  • 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”
  • Tajik: “Қафқози Бузург”
  • Tatar: “Зур Кавказ”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาคอเคซัสใหญ่”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Kafkas Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Кавказ”
  • Urdu: “قفقاز عظیم”
  • Uzbek: “Katta Kavkaz”
  • Uzbek: “Катта Кавказ”
  • Venetian: “Gran Caucaso”
  • Welsh: “Cawcasws Mwyaf”
  • Western Panjabi: “قفقاز عظیم”
  • Wu Chinese: “大高加索山脉”
  • Yakut: “Хапхаас хайалара”
  • Yue Chinese: “大高加索山脈”
  • “ग्रेटर कॉकेशस”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Greater Caucasus”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Place of Prijut of 11th and Bochki.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fumarole and Saddle of Elbrus.

North Caucasus: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Chechnya, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, and Karachay-Cherkessia.

Curious Mountain Ranges to Discover

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