Lateral Range

Lateral Range
Боковой хребет / გვერდითი ქედი
Side view of the Maly Azau glacier
Highest point
PeakMount Elbrus
Elevation5,642 m (18,510 ft)
Dimensions
Length1,100 km (680 mi) ESE/WNW
Geography
Location in Russia
Lateral Range (European Russia)
CountriesRussia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
Federal subjectsKrasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan
Range coordinates43°0′N 43°24′E / 43.000°N 43.400°E / 43.000; 43.400
Parent rangeGreater Caucasus
Geology
Rock agePaleozoic

The Lateral Range is a mountain range in the Russian Federation and Georgia, with a very small part in Azerbaijan. The range is part of the Greater Caucasus.

Some swathes of the range are protected areas, under the Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve.