Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus
Greater Caucasus Range near Arkhyz
Highest point
PeakMount Elbrus
Elevation5,642 m (18,510 ft)
Coordinates43°21′18″N 42°26′31″E / 43.35500°N 42.44194°E / 43.35500; 42.44194
Dimensions
Length1,200 km (750 mi) NW-SE
Geography
Satellite image. The long snowy range across the centre is the Greater Caucasus.
Countries
RegionCaucasus
Parent rangeCaucasus Mountains
Borders onLesser Caucasus

The Greater Caucasus 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.

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