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Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani is a language belonging to the Turkic languages language family, spoken in southwestern Asia, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran....
: Böyük Qafqaz Daglari), sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 of Caucasus Mountains
Caucasus Mountains

The Caucasus Mountains is a Mountain range in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea sea in the Caucasus region.The Caucasus Mountains are made up of two separate mountain systems:...
.

It stretches for about 1200 km from West-North-West to East-South-East, between the Taman Peninsula
Taman peninsula

The Taman Peninsula is a peninsula in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia. It is bounded on the north by the Sea of Azov, on the west by the Strait of Kerch and on the south by the Black Sea....
 of the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
 to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the List of lakes by area or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers ....
: from the Caucasian Natural Reserve
Western Caucasus

The Western Caucasus is a western region of Caucasus from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus. It includes a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 50 km to the north from the Russian resort of Sochi, comprising the extreme western edge of the Caucasus Mountains....
 in the vicinity of Sochi
Sochi

Sochi is a Russian resort types of inhabited localities in Russia, situated in Krasnodar Krai just north of the southern Russian border. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains....
 on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku
Baku

Baku , sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bak?, is the capital, the largest city, and the largest port of Azerbaijan....
 on the Caspian.

The range is traditionally separated into three parts:

The border of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 with Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
 runs along the most of its length.






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Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani is a language belonging to the Turkic languages language family, spoken in southwestern Asia, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran....
: Böyük Qafqaz Daglari), sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 of Caucasus Mountains
Caucasus Mountains

The Caucasus Mountains is a Mountain range in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea sea in the Caucasus region.The Caucasus Mountains are made up of two separate mountain systems:...
.

It stretches for about 1200 km from West-North-West to East-South-East, between the Taman Peninsula
Taman peninsula

The Taman Peninsula is a peninsula in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia. It is bounded on the north by the Sea of Azov, on the west by the Strait of Kerch and on the south by the Black Sea....
 of the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
 to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the List of lakes by area or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers ....
: from the Caucasian Natural Reserve
Western Caucasus

The Western Caucasus is a western region of Caucasus from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus. It includes a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 50 km to the north from the Russian resort of Sochi, comprising the extreme western edge of the Caucasus Mountains....
 in the vicinity of Sochi
Sochi

Sochi is a Russian resort types of inhabited localities in Russia, situated in Krasnodar Krai just north of the southern Russian border. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains....
 on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku
Baku

Baku , sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bak?, is the capital, the largest city, and the largest port of Azerbaijan....
 on the Caspian.

The range is traditionally separated into three parts:
  • Western Caucasus
    Western Caucasus

    The Western Caucasus is a western region of Caucasus from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus. It includes a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 50 km to the north from the Russian resort of Sochi, comprising the extreme western edge of the Caucasus Mountains....
    , from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus
    Mount Elbrus

    Mount Elbrus is a volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia , in the northern Iranian plateau....
  • Central Caucasus, from Mount Elbrus to Mount Kazbek
    Mount Kazbek

    Mount Kazbek , is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the chief mountains of the Caucasus. It is located on the border of Georgia and Russia, dominating the town of Stepantsminda....
  • Eastern Caucasus, from Mount Kazbek to the Caspian Sea


The border of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 with Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
 runs along the most of its length. The Georgian Military Road
Georgian Military Road

The Georgian Military Road , and is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. Alternative routes across the mountains include the Ossetian Military Road and the Transkam....
 (Darial Gorge
Darial Gorge

The Darial Gorge is the gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia . It is at the east base of Mount Kazbek, pierced by the river Terek for a distance of 8 metres between vertical walls of rock ....
), Ossetian Military Road
Ossetian Military Road

The Ossetian Military Road was constructed, between 1854 and 1889, by Imperial Russian authorities in the Caucasus. The road runs through the Rioni River and Ardon River river valleys and links Kutaisi, Georgia with Alagir, Russian Federation, crossing the Greater Caucasus crest through the Mamison Pass....
, and Trans-Caucasus Highway
Trans-Caucasus Highway

The Transcaucasian Highway, usually shortened as Transkam , is a mountain road that crosses the Greater Caucasus through the Roki Tunnel, connecting North Ossetia-Alania with South Ossetia and Russia with Georgia ....
 traverse this mountain range at an altitudes of up to 3,000 meters.

Peaks

  • Mount Elbrus
    Mount Elbrus

    Mount Elbrus is a volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia , in the northern Iranian plateau....
    , 5642 m, is the highest mountain in Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
    .
  • Dykh-Tau
    Dykh-Tau

    Dykh-Tau or Dykhtau , is a mountain located in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia; its peak stands about 5 km north of the border with Georgia ....
    , 5205 m,
  • Koshtan-Tau
    Koshtan-Tau

    Koshtan-Tau , is the highest peak of the Koshtan massif of the central Caucasus Mountains in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, near the border with Georgia ....
    , 5151 m,
  • Shota Rustaveli Peak
    Shota Rustaveli Peak

    Shota Rustaveli is a mountain in the central part of the Caucasus Mountains, straddling the border of Svaneti and Kabardino-Balkaria . The elevation of the mountain is 4,860 meters ....
    , 4859 m,
  • Shkhara
    Shkhara

    Shkhara is the highest point in the nation of Georgia . Located in the Svaneti region along the Russian frontier, Shkhara lies north of the city of Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city....
    , 5201 m,
  • Kazbek, 5047 m,
  • Tebulosmta
    Tebulosmta

    Tebulosmta is the highest mountain of the Caucasus Mountains and the highest mountain of the Chechen Republic at an elevation of 4,493 meters above sea level....
    , 4493 m,
  • Diklosmta
    Diklosmta

    Diklosmta is a peak in the eastern part of the Caucasus Mountains in the Tusheti region of Georgia . It is located on the Pirikita Range which lies to the north of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range....
    , 4285 m,
  • Bazardüzü, 4466 m,
  • Babadag, 3629 m,
  • Katyn-Tau, 4979 m,
  • Pushkin, 5033 m,
  • Janga
    Janga

    Janga or Jangi-Tau is a Summit in the central part of the Caucasus Mountains. It lies on the border of Svaneti and Kabardino-Balkaria ....
    , 5051 m,
  • Tetnuld
    Tetnuld

    Tetnuldi is a prominent peak in the central part of the Caucasus Mountains, located in the Svaneti region of Georgia . According to most sources, Tetnuldi is the 10th highest peak of the Caucasus....
    , 4858 m,
  • Ushba
    Ushba

    Ushba is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is located in the Svaneti region of Georgia , just south of the border with the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia....
    , 4710 m,
  • Ailama, 4525 m,


Passes

  • Marukhis Ugheltekhili
  • Pereval Klukhorskiy (2786 m, )
  • Mamison Pass
    Mamison Pass

    Mamison Pass is a high mountainous pass in the central Greater Caucasus crest, on the Georgia -Russian border . It is crossed by the Ossetian Military Road, a highway that links Kutaisi, Georgia, with Alagir, Russian Federation....
     (2820 m,)
  • Ivris Ugheltekhili (2379 m,)
  • Dübrar Pass (2209 m,)
  • jvris ugeltekhili2677m


Valleys

  • Baksan valley
  • Donguzorun valley
  • Yusengi valley
  • Adylsu valley
  • Irik valley
  • Adyrsu valley
  • Kyrtyk valley
  • Syltransu valley