Lateral Range | |
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Боковой хребет / გვერდითი ქედი | |
![]() Side view of the Maly Azau glacier | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Elbrus |
Elevation | 5,642 m (18,510 ft) |
Dimensions | |
Length | 1,100 km (680 mi) ESE/WNW |
Geography | |
Country | Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan |
Federal subjects | Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan |
Range coordinates | 43°0′N 43°24′E / 43.000°N 43.400°E |
Parent range | Greater Caucasus |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Paleozoic |
The Lateral Range[a] is a mountain range in the Russian Federation and Georgia, with a very small part in Azerbaijan. The range is part of the Greater Caucasus.
Some swathes of the range are protected areas, under the Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve.[1][2]
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