The Chugush () is the highest mountain in
Adygea
Adygea ( ), officially the Republic of Adygea or the Adygean Republic, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is a part of the Southern Federal District, and covers an a ...
,
Russia
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, located in the
Western Caucasus
The Western Caucasus is a western region of the North Caucasus in Southern Russia, extending from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus.
World Heritage Site
The Western Caucasus includes a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site (named Western Caucasus), ...
. Its height is . The mountain has 10
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
s covering an area of 1.2 km
2. One of the glaciers feeds the
Kisha River flowing towards the
Belaya River.
See also
*
List of highest points of Russian federal subjects
This is a list of the highest points of the Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation.
List Above 1000 m
Below 1000 m
See also
* List of mountains and hills of Russia
* List of European ultra-prominent peaks
* List of Ultras of Central Asia
...
References
External links
Articlein the
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Enc ...
Mountains of Adygea
Three-thousanders of the Caucasus
North Caucasus
Highest points of Russian federal subjects
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