Koshtan-Tau
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Koshtan-Tau
Location of Koshtan-Tau within the Caucasus mountains
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Koshtan-Tau
Koshtan-Tau (Kabardino-Balkaria)
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Koshtan-Tau (Russian: Коштан-тау; Karachay-Balkar: Къоштан-тау, means paired mountain) is the highest peak (5,144m) of the Koshtan massif of the central Caucasus Mountains in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, near the border with Georgia. The peak was first ascended in 1889 by Herman Woolley and party.
Notes
- ^ a b c "Koshtan-Tau". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
Further reading
- A. F. Mummery, H. W. Holder, W. F. Donkin and C. T. Dent, "Further Explorations in the Caucasus", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series, Vol. 11, No. 6 (Jun., 1889), pp. 351–374
External links
- Columbia Encyclopedia entry
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