Koshtan-Tau (; ) is the highest peak (5,144m) of the Koshtan
massif
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of the central
Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains
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in the
Kabardino-Balkaria
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Republic of
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, near the border with
Georgia
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. The peak was first ascended in 1889 by Herman Woolley and party.
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Further reading
* A. F. Mummery, H. W. Holder, W. F. Donkin and C. T. Dent, "Further Explorations in the Caucasus", ''Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series'', Vol. 11, No. 6 (Jun., 1889), pp. 351–374
External links
Columbia Encyclopedia entry
Mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria
Five-thousanders of the Caucasus
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