Greater Caucasus

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Greater Caucasus
Great 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 snowy mountains to the north are the Greater Caucasus.
Countries	Azerbaijan, Georgia and 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.

The range stretches for about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from west-northwest to east-southeast, between 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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