Main Caucasian Range

Main Caucasian Range
Главный Кавказский хребет კავკასიონის მთავარი წყალგამყოფი ქედი Baş Qafqaz silsiləsi
View from the Chuchkhur Pass
Highest point
Peak	Shkhara
Elevation	5,193 m (17,037 ft)
Coordinates	43°00′02″N 43°06′44″E / 43.00056°N 43.11222°E / 43.00056; 43.11222
Dimensions
Length	1,200 km (750 mi) ESE/WNW
Width	180 km (110 mi) NNE/SSW
Geography
Location in Russia Show map of Caucasus mountains Main Caucasian Range (European Russia) Show map of European Russia
Country	Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
Federal subjects	Abkhazia, Adygea, Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan
Range coordinates	42°36′N 43°50′E / 42.600°N 43.833°E / 42.600; 43.833
Parent range	Greater Caucasus
Geology
Age of rock	Paleozoic

The Main Caucasian Range^[a] is a mountain range in the Russian Federation, Georgia and Azerbaijan. It is the dividing range of the Greater Caucasus.

The protected areas of the range are the Teberda Nature Reserve, Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve.^[1][2][3]

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