Koshtan-Tau | |
Elevation M: | 5144 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Map: | Caucasus mountains#Russia Kabardino-Balkaria |
Location: | Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia |
Range: | Caucasus Mountains |
Coordinates: | 43.05°N 43.2167°W |
First Ascent: | 1889 |
Koshtan-Tau (Russian: Коштан-тау; Karachay-Balkar: Къоштан-тау, means paired mountain) is the highest peak (5,144m) of the Koshtan massif of the central Caucasus Mountains in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, near the border with Georgia. The peak was first ascended in 1889 by Herman Woolley and party.