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Second highest peak of Russia Koshtan-Tau [3] Коштантау 5152 m 16,903 ft: 812 m 2,664 ft: 6.55 km 4.07 mi Bokovoy Range Greater Caucasus Kabardino-Balkaria: Third highest peak of Russia Pik Pushkina [4] Пик Пушкина 5100 m 16,732 ft
Mount Elbrus [a] is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe.It is a dormant stratovolcano rising 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level, and is the highest volcano in the supercontinent of Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world. [7]
Highest point Russian name Elevation Federal subject Location Elbrus: Эльбрус 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) Kabardino-Balkaria Karachay-Cherkessia: Lateral Range, Eastern Caucasus: Klyuchevskaya Sopka: Ключевская Сопка 4,754 metres (15,597 ft) Kamchatka Krai: Eastern Range (Kamchatka) Belukha: Белуха 4,506 metres (14,783 ft)
This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Europe defined physiographically. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features. Notes are provided where territorial disputes or inconsistencies affect the listings.
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
The northernmost and easternmost points of Russia coincide with those of Eurasia (both for the mainland and including the islands). The extreme points of the Soviet Union were identical, except that the southernmost point of the Soviet Union was Kushka in Turkmenistan , and the extreme elevation was the Communism Peak in Tajikistan , at 7,495 ...
Belukha Mountain (/ b ə ˈ l uː x ə /; Russian: Белуха, IPA: [bʲɪˈɫuxəl], also known as Beluga Mountain, Icemount Peak (Kazakh: Мұзтау Шыңы / Mūztau Şyñy [mʊsˈtɑw ʃəˈŋə]), or The Three Peaks (Altay: Ӱч-Сӱмер / Üç-Sümer [ʏc͡ç sʏˈmer]), is the highest peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia and the highest of the South Siberian Mountains system. [2]
Location of some of the Seven Second Summits. In this map, Puncak Trikora is indicated, though Puncak Mandala is widely recognised as the taller summit. [1] The Seven Second Summits are the second-highest mountains of each of the seven continents. All of these mountains are separate peaks rather than a sub-peak of the continents' high point.