Elevation 1,400 m | ||
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Similar Mashuk, Gora Zheleznaya, Gora Razvalka, Gora Zmeyka, Gora Byk | ||
Beshtau (Russian: Бештау, from Turkic besh 'five' and tau 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain (laccolith) near Pyatigorsk (after the Russian term Pyatigorye 'area of five mountains') in the Northern Caucasus.
Map of Mount Beshtau, Stavropol Krai, Russia, 357528
Its height is 1402 m. The slopes are forested with ash, oak, hornbeam, and beech, and the summit is treeless. Beshtau used to have uranium mines, which were closed in 1985.
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Mount Beshtau Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA