Greater Caucasus

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Greater Caucasus
Greater Caucasus Range near Arkhyz
Highest point
Peak	Mount Elbrus
Elevation	5,642 m (18,510 ft)
Coordinates	43°21′18″N 42°26′31″E / 43.35500°N 42.44194°E / 43.35500; 42.44194
Dimensions
Length	1,200 km (750 mi) NW-SE
Geography
Satellite image. The long snowy range across the centre is the Greater Caucasus.
Countries	Azerbaijan Georgia Russia
Region	Caucasus
Parent range	Caucasus Mountains
Borders on	Lesser Caucasus

The Greater Caucasus^[a][b] is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains. It stretches for about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from west-northwest to east-southeast, from the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea: from the Western Caucasus in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian.
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