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Koshtan Tau

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Elevation
  
5,151 m

Prominence
  
812 m

Parent range
  
Caucasus Mountains

First ascent
  
1889

Mountain range
  
Caucasus Mountains

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Location
  
Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Similar
  
Dykh‑Tau, Janga, Shkhara, Pushkin, Gistola

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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.

Contents

Map of Koshtan-Tau, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, 361812

References

Koshtan-Tau Wikipedia