Mount Elbrus | |
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![]() Mount Elbrus, seen from the north | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,642 m (18,510 ft)[1][2][3] |
Prominence | 4,741 m (15,554 ft) Ranked 10th |
Listing | Seven Summits Volcanic Seven Summits Country high point Ultra |
Coordinates | 43°21′18″N 42°26′21″E / 43.35500°N 42.43917°E |
Naming | |
Native name |
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Geography | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia |
Parent range | Lateral Range Caucasus Mountains |
Topo map | Elbrus and Upper Baksan Valley by EWP[4][5] |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Unknown |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano (dormant) |
Last eruption | 50 AD ± 50 years[6] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | (West summit) 1874, by Florence Crauford Grove, Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker and the guides Peter Knubel and 22 July 1829 by Killar Khashirov |
Easiest route | Basic snow/ice climb |
Mount Elbrus[a] is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe. It is a dormant volcano rising 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level, and is the highest stratovolcano in the supercontinent of Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world.[7] It is situated in the southern Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the western extension of Ciscaucasia, and is the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains.
Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. The taller, western summit is 5,642 metres (18,510 ft);[2] the eastern summit is 5,621 metres (18,442 ft). The eastern summit was first ascended on 10 July 1829 by a Circassian man named Khillar Khashirov, and the western summit in 1874 by a British expedition led by F. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker and the Swiss guide Peter Knubel.[citation needed]
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