Lateral Range

Lateral Range
Боковой хребет / გვერდითი ქედი
Side view of the Maly Azau glacier
Highest point
PeakMount Elbrus
Elevation5,642 m (18,510 ft)
Dimensions
Length1,100 km (680 mi) ESE/WNW
Geography
Lateral Range is located in Caucasus Mountains
Lateral Range
Location within Caucasus Mountains
Lateral Range is located in European Russia
Lateral Range
Location within European Russia
Countries
Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan
Range coordinates
43°0′N 43°24′E / 43.000°N 43.400°E / 43.000; 43.400
Parent rangeGreater Caucasus
Geology
Rock agePaleozoic

The Lateral Range is a mountain range in the Russian Federation and Georgia, with a very small part in Azerbaijan. The range is part of the Greater Caucasus.

Some swathes of the range are protected areas, under the Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve.

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