Mount Beshtau | |
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Бештау | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,401 m (4,596 ft) |
Coordinates | 44°4′36.62″N 43°0′53.64″E / 44.0768389°N 43.0149000°E |
Naming | |
Etymology | from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain' |
Native name | Бештау ( Russian) |
Geography | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Stavropol Krai |
City | near Pyatigorsk |
Parent range | Greater Caucasus |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Volcano |
Beshtau ( Russian: Бештау, from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain ( volcano) in the northern vicinity of Pyatigorsk (after the Russian term Pyatigorye 'area of five mountains') in the Northern Caucasus. [1] [2] [3]
Its height is 1,401 m (4,596 ft). The slopes are forested with ash, oak, hornbeam, and beech deciduous forests, and the summit is treeless. Beshtau used to have uranium mines, which were closed in 1975.
Mount Beshtau | |
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Бештау | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,401 m (4,596 ft) |
Coordinates | 44°4′36.62″N 43°0′53.64″E / 44.0768389°N 43.0149000°E |
Naming | |
Etymology | from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain' |
Native name | Бештау ( Russian) |
Geography | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Stavropol Krai |
City | near Pyatigorsk |
Parent range | Greater Caucasus |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Volcano |
Beshtau ( Russian: Бештау, from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain ( volcano) in the northern vicinity of Pyatigorsk (after the Russian term Pyatigorye 'area of five mountains') in the Northern Caucasus. [1] [2] [3]
Its height is 1,401 m (4,596 ft). The slopes are forested with ash, oak, hornbeam, and beech deciduous forests, and the summit is treeless. Beshtau used to have uranium mines, which were closed in 1975.