Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus

Geobox|Range
name=Greater Caucasus


image_caption=Mountainous landscape of Arkhyz
country=Russia|country1=Georgia|country2=Azerbaijan
region_type=
region=
parent=Caucasus Mountains
border=Lesser Caucasus
length=1200| length_orientation=
width=| width_orientation=
highest=Mount Elbrus
highest_elevation=5642
highest_lat_d=43|highest_lat_m=21|highest_lat_s=18|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=42|highest_long_m=26|highest_long_s=31|highest_long_EW=E
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map_caption=Satellite image

Greater Caucasus ( _ru. Большой Кавказ, Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz Dağları), sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of Caucasus Mountains.

It stretches for about 1200 km from West-North-West to East-South-East, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea: from the Caucasian Natural Reserve in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian.

The range is traditionally separated into three parts:
*Western Caucasus, from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus
*Central Caucasus, from Mount Elbrus to Mount Kazbek
*Eastern Caucasus, from Mount Kazbek to the Caspian Sea

The border of Russia with Georgia and Azerbaijan runs along the most of its length. The Georgian Military Road (Darial Gorge), Ossetian Military Road, and Trans-Caucasus Highway traverse this mountain range at an altitudes of up to 3,000 meters.

Peaks

*Mount Elbrus, 5642 m, coord|43|21|18|N|42|26|21|E|name=Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe.
*Dykh-Tau, 5205 m, coord|43|3|N|43|8|E|name=Dykh-Tau
*Koshtan-Tau, 5151 m, coord|43|05|N|43|2167|E|name=Koshtan-Tau
*Mount Gistola, 4859 m, coord|43.05|N|42.99|E|name=Mount Gistola
*Shkhara, 5201 m, coord|43.01|N|43.17|E|name=Shkhara
*Kazbek, 5047 m, coord|42.75|N|44.55|E|name=Kazbek
*Tebulosmta, 4493 m, coord|42.64|N|45.32|E|name=Tebulosmta
*Diklosmta, 4285 m, coord|42.55|N|45.80|E|name=Diklosmta
*Bazardüzü, 4466 m, coord|41.27|N|47.79|E|name=Bazardüzü
*Babadag, 3629 m, coord|41.05|N|48.29|E|name=Babadag

Passes

*Marukhis Ugheltekhili (coord|43.38|N|41.37|E|name=Marukhis Ugheltekhili)
*Pereval Klukhorskiy (2786 m, coord|43.26|N|41.80|E|name=Pereval Klukhorskiy)
*Mamison Pass (2820 m,coord|42.72|N|43.80|E|name=Mamison Pass)
*Ivris Ugheltekhili (2379 m,coord|42.56|N|44.45|E|name=Ivris Ugheltekhili)
*Dübrar Pass (2209 m,coord|40.96|N|48.63|E|name=Dübrar Pass)
*jvris ugeltekhili2677m

Valleys

*Baksan valley
*Donguzorun valley
*Yusengi valley
*Adylsu valley
*Irik valley
*Adyrsu valley
*Kyrtyk valley
*Syltransu valley


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