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Mountain in Stavropol Krai, Russia
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Mount Beshtau
Бештау
Highest point
Elevation1,401 m (4,596 ft)
Coordinates44°4′36.62″N 43°0′53.64″E / 44.0768389°N 43.0149000°E / 44.0768389; 43.0149000
Naming
Etymologyfrom Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain'
Native nameБештау (Russian)
Geography
Mount Beshtau is located in Caucasus MountainsMount BeshtauMount Beshtau
Country Russia
Federal subjectStavropol Krai
Citynear Pyatigorsk
Parent rangeGreater Caucasus
Geology
Mountain typeVolcano

Beshtau (Russian: Бештау, from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain (volcano) in the northern vicinity of Pyatigorsk in the Northern Caucasus. It gave name to the historical region of Pyatigorye [ru] (literally "area of five mountains"), the town of Pyatigorsk, and the ethnonym Pyatigoryan Circassians [ru] or Pyatigortsy (Circassi Quinquemontani on old Western European maps).

View of Mount Beshtau from the top of Mount Mashuk (Машук)

Its height is 1,401 m (4,596 ft). The slopes are forested with ash, oak, hornbeam, and beech deciduous forests, and the summit is treeless. Beshtau used to have uranium mines managed by the Mine Administration No. 10 [ru] of the Ministry of Medium Machine-Building (an euphemism for the Soviet nuclear industry), which were operating during 1950 – 1988.

By the foothill of the mountain there is the Second Athos Monastery of the Dormition [ru].

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References

  1. "Пятигорье". www.booksite.ru. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. "Зимнее восхождение на гору Бештау совершат около 800 человек". tass.ru. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  3. "Пятигорье - это... Что такое Пятигорье?". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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