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The Caucasus (/ ˈ k ɔː k ə s ə s /) or Caucasia [3] [4] (/ k ɔː ˈ k eɪ ʒ ə /), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia.It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.
Port Kavkaz (Russian: Порт Кавказ) is a small harbour on the Chushka Spit in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on the eastern side of Kerch Strait. It is adjacent to the village of Chushka , which is now largely deserted due to toxic effects of the port.
Author: Bourrichon - fr:Bourrichon with English translations, additions, and corrections by Ketone16 (partly following Yuri Koryakov), borders colors: Bennylin from: File:BlankMap-Caucasus.png by Kbh3rd on February 4, 2005, license GFDL.
English: Own work ; Topographic data from the NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM3 v.2) (public domain) edited with 3DEM, reprojected in UTM with GDAL (), and vectorized with Inkscape ; UTM projection ; WGS84 datum ; shaded relief (composite image of N-W, W and N lightning positions) ;
Satellite image of the Caucasus Mountains. The Caucasus Mountains [a] is a mountain range at the intersection of Asia and Europe. Stretching between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, they are surrounded by the Caucasus region and are home to Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe at 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) above sea level.
Kavkaz (Russian: Кавказ) may refer to: Caucasus, region for which Kavkaz is a local or historic name in several countries; Port Kavkaz, a ferry port at Taman peninsula; Port Kavkaz railway station, in Krasnodar Krai, Russia; Kavkaz Center, a Chechen internet news agency "Kavkaz" ("Caucasus"), codename of a series of Russian military exercises
The North Caucasus, [b] or Ciscaucasia, [c] is a subregion in Eastern Europe governed by Russia. [d] It constitutes the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, which separates Europe and Asia.
Map of the area. The Georgian Military Road or Georgian Military Highway [a] also known as Ghalghaï Military Road, [2] [b] is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. Alternative routes across the mountains include the Ossetian Military Road and the Transcaucasian Highway.