Western Caucasus
Sign in to savewestern part of the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia and southern Russia
Key facts
- Location
- Krasnodar Region , Russia
- Criteria
- Natural: (ix), (x)
- Inscription
- 1999 (23rd Session )
- Area
- 298,903 ha (738,610 acres)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- Russia
- Area
- 298903
- Image
- Bolshoy Tkhach nature park, Главная куэста Большого Тхача, горы Западного Кавказа.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- native label
- Западный Кавказ
- Commons category
- Western Caucasus
- mountain range
- Greater Caucasus
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Encyclopedic overview
The Western Caucasus as seen from peak Tabunnaya near Krasnaya Polyana The Western Caucasus is a western region of the North Caucasus in Southern Russia, extending from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Western Caucasus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.