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The Caucasus Mountains [a] is a mountain range at the intersection of Asia and Europe. Stretching between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea , they are surrounded by the Caucasus region and are home to Mount Elbrus , the highest peak in Europe at 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) above sea level.
The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have conventionally been considered as a natural barrier between Europe and Asia, bisecting the Eurasian landmass. [ 5 ] Mount Elbrus , Europe 's highest mountain, is situated in the Western Caucasus area of Russia . [ 6 ]
The Greater Caucasus [a] [b] is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains.It stretches for about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from west-northwest to east-southeast, from 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.
Module:Location map/data/Caucasus mountains; Media in category "Maps of the Caucasus" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Gogarena ...
"Caucasus Mountains" to "Greater Caucasus Mountains" 04:25, 28 July 2016: 1,155 × 898 (5.56 MB) Ketone16 "Caucasus Mountains" to "Greater Caucasus Mountains" 00:57, 26 July 2016: 1,155 × 898 (5.56 MB) Ketone16 "Lesser Caucasus" changed to "Lesser Caucasus Mountains" Added extra labels for the Araxes and Kura rivers. Other minor changes. 03:54 ...
The Main Caucasian Range [a] is a mountain range in the Russian Federation, Georgia and Azerbaijan. It is the dividing range of the Greater Caucasus . The protected areas of the range are the Teberda Nature Reserve , Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve .
Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
* Rivers, cities, railroads, routes, bathymetry : Demis add-on for World Wind (see the approval e-mail and the Demis forum) ; * Borders and coast : World data bank II ; Approximate scale of topographic data : 1:1,463,000 ; Note : The shaded relief is a raster image embedded in the SVG file.