Mount Beshtau

Mount Beshtau
Бештау
Highest point
Elevation	1,402 m (4,600 ft)
Coordinates	44°4′36.62″N 43°0′53.64″E / 44.0768389°N 43.0149000°E / 44.0768389; 43.0149000Coordinates: 44°4′36.62″N 43°0′53.64″E / 44.0768389°N 43.0149000°E / 44.0768389; 43.0149000
Naming
Etymology	from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain'
Native name	Бештау  (Russian)
Geography
Mount Beshtau
Country	Russia
District	Northern Caucasus
City	near Pyatigorsk
Parent range	Greater Caucasus
Geology
Mountain type	Volcano

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Beshtau (Russian: Бештау, from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain (volcano ) near Pyatigorsk (after the Russian term Pyatigorye 'area of five mountains') in the Northern Caucasus.

Its height is 1,402 m (4,600 ft). 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 1975.

See also[]

• Mashuk

External links[]

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