Beshtau

Also known as Gora Beshtau

Beshtau (, from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain (volcano) in the northern vicinity of Pyatigorsk in the Northern Caucasus. It gave name to the historical region of (literally "area of five mountains"), the town of Pyatigorsk, and the ethnonym or Pyatigortsy (Circassi Quinquemontani on old Western European maps).

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It sits within the topics Geography articles needing translation from Russian Wikipedia, Landforms of Stavropol Krai and Mountains of Russia.

Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.

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Mountain.name: Mount Beshtau
Mountain.photo: Бештаугорский_заказник_на_закате_с_квадрокоптера.jpg
Mountain.map: Caucasus mountains
Mountain.elevation_m: 1401
Mountain.etymology: from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain'
Mountain.subdivision1: Stavropol Krai
Mountain.subdivision1_type: Federal subject
Mountain.settlement: near Pyatigorsk
Mountain.settlement_type: City
Mountain.range: Greater Caucasus
Mountain.type: Volcano

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: protected area of Russia
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Stavropol Krai
Elevation: 1402
Image: Бештаугорский заказник на закате с квадрокоптера.jpg

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Commons category: Mount Beshtau
mountain range: Caucasus Mountains

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thumb|View of Mount Beshtau from the top of Mount Mashuk (Машук) Its height is . The slopes are forested with ash, oak, hornbeam, and beech deciduous forests, and the summit is treeless. Beshtau used to have uranium mines managed by the of the Ministry of Medium Machine-Building (a euphemism for the Soviet nuclear industry), which were operating during 1950 – 1988.

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