List of European ultra-prominent peaks
Caucasus Mountains
Table:
No

Peak

Country

Elevation (m)

Prominence (m)

Col (m)

1

Mount Elbrus

Russia

5,642

4,741

901

2

Mount Bazarduzu

Russia / Azerbaijan

4,466

2,454

2012

3

Mount Kazbek

Russia / Georgia

5,034

2,353

2681

4

Tebulosmta

Russia / Georgia

4,493

2,145

2348

5

Mount Aragats

Armenia

4,090

2,143

1947

6

Dykh-Tau

Russia

5,205

2,002

3203

7

Dyultydag

Russia

4,127

1,834

2293

8

Kapudzhukh Lerr

Armenia / Azerbaijan

3,905

1,820

2085

9

Gora Addala Shukgelmezr

Russia

4,152

1,792

2360

10

Gora Shan

Russia / Georgia

4,451

1,775

2676

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Mount Elbrus ( Russian : Эльбру́с , tr . Elbrus , IPA : [ ɪlʲˈbrus ] ; Karachay-Balkar : Минги тау , romanized : Mingi Taw , IPA : [ mɪˈŋːi taw ] ; Kabardian : Ӏуащхьэмахуэ , Wāśhamāxwa or Ꜧuas̨hemaxue , IPA : [ ʔʷaːɕħamaːxʷa ] ; Adyghe : Ӏуащхьэмафэ , Wāśhamāfa or Ꜧuas̨hemafe , IPA : [ ʔʷaːɕħamaːfa ] ; Hakuchi : Къӏуащхьэмафэ , Qʼuas̨hemafe , IPA : [ qʷʼaːɕħamaːfa ] ; ) is a dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia , near the border with Georgia . It can be considered the highest mountain in Europe , taking into account that the Caucasus mountains are at the intersection of Europe and Asia , and it is the tenth most prominent peak in the world . Elbrus has two summits , both of which are dormant volcanic domes . The taller west summit is 5,642 metres ( 18,510 ft ) ; the east summit is 5,621 metres ( 18,442 ft ) . The east summit was first ascended on 10 July 1829 ( Julian calendar ) by Khillar Khachirov , and the west summit in 1874 by a British expedition led by F. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardner , Horace Walker , and the Swiss guide Peter Knubel of St. Niklaus . While authorities differ on how the Caucasus are distributed between Europe and Asia , most relevant modern authorities define the continental boundary as the Caucasus watershed , placing Elbrus in Europe due to its position on the north side of the watershed in Russia .
Russia ( Russian : Росси́я , tr . Rossiya , IPA : [ rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , or the Russian Federation , [ e ] is a European country located in Eastern Europe with a vast expanse of territory that stretches across Northern Asia . At 17,125,200 square kilometres ( 6,612,100 sq mi ) , it is by far the largest country in the world by area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , spanning eleven time zones , and bordering 16 sovereign nations . The territory of Russia extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east , and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south . With 146.7 million inhabitants living in the country 's 85 federal subjects as of 2020 , Russia is the most populous nation in Europe and the ninth-most populous nation in the world . Russia 's capital and largest city is Moscow ; other major urban areas include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan and Chelyabinsk . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states , until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian SFSR ) became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR/Soviet Union ) , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state .
Mount Bazardüzü ( Azerbaijani : Bazardüzü dağı , Azerbaijani pronunciation : [ bɑzɑrdyˈzy ] ; Lezgian : Кичӏен сув [ kiˈtʃʼe suv ] ; Russian : Базардюзю , Russian pronunciation : [ bəzərdʲʉˈzʲu ] ) is a mountain peak in the Greater Caucasus range on the border between Daghestan and Azerbaijan . At 4,467 metres ( 14,656 ft ) above sea level , it is the highest peak in Azerbaijan and is located in Qusar region . The southernmost point of Daghestan is located about seven kilometers southwest of the peak .
Azerbaijan ( UK : /ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn , -ˈʒɑːn/ ( listen ) , US : /ˌɑːzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn , ˌæz-/ ; Azerbaijani : Azərbaycan [ ɑːzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn ] ) , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani : Azərbaycan Respublikası [ ɑːzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn ɾespublikɑˈsɯ ] ) , is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Central Asia . It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east , Russia to the north , Georgia to the northwest , Armenia to the west and Iran to the south . The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east , Iran to the south and west , and has an 11 km ( 6.8 mi ) long border with Turkey in the northwest . The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state . In 1920 the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic . The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991 , shortly before the dissolution of the USSR in the same year . In September 1991 , the Armenian majority of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region seceded to form the Republic of Artsakh . The region and seven adjacent districts outside it became de facto independent with the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994 . These regions are internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan pending a solution to the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh through negotiations facilitated by the OSCE . Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic . It is one of six independent Turkic states and an active member of the Turkic Council and the TÜRKSOY community . Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 158 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations , including the United Nations ( since 1992 ) , the Council of Europe , the Non-Aligned Movement , the OSCE , and the NATO Partnership for Peace ( PfP ) program .
Mount Kazbegi is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus located on the border of Georgia 's Kazbegi District and Russian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania . It is the third-highest peak in Georgia ( after Mount Shkhara and Janga ) and the seventh-highest summit in the Caucasus Mountains . Kazbegi is also the second-highest volcanic summit in the Caucasus , after Mount Elbrus . The summit lies directly to the west of the town of Stepantsminda and is the most prominent geographic feature of the area . Mount Kazbek is the highest peak of Eastern Georgia . The name in Georgian , Mqinvartsveri , translates to Glacier Peak or Freezing Cold Peak . The Vainakh name Bashlam translates as Molten Mount .
Georgia ( Georgian : საქართველო , translit . : sakartvelo , IPA : [ sɑkʰɑrtʰvɛlɔ ] ( listen ) ) , known until 1995 as the Republic of Georgia ( Georgian : საქართველოს რესპუბლიკა , translit . : sakartvelos resp'ublik ' a ) is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia . Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe , it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea , to the north by Russia , to the south by Turkey and Armenia , and to the southeast by Azerbaijan . The capital and largest city is Tbilisi . Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square kilometres ( 26,911 sq mi ) , and its 2017 population is about 3.718 million . Georgia is a unitary parliamentary republic , with the government elected through a representative democracy . During the classical era , several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia , such as Colchis and Iberia . The Georgians officially adopted Christianity in the early 4th century . The Georgian Orthodox Church had enormous importance for the spiritual and political unification of early Georgian states . The unified Kingdom of Georgia reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David the Builder and Queen Tamar the Great in the 12th and early 13th centuries . Thereafter , the kingdom declined and eventually disintegrated under the hegemony of various regional powers , including the Mongols , the Ottoman Empire and successive dynasties of Iran .
Tebulosmta ( Chechen : Тулой-лам , Tuloy-Lam or Tiebuolt-Lam , Georgian : ტებულოს მთა , Tebulos mta , Russian : Тебулосмта ) is the highest mountain of the Eastern Caucasus and the highest mountain of the Chechen Republic at an elevation of 4,493 meters ( 14,737 feet ) above sea level . The mountain is located on the border of Georgia and Chechnya to the east of Mount Kazbek . The glaciers of the mountain are not large ( the total combined area of all of the mountain 's glaciers is 3 square kilometers ) .
Mount Aragats ( Armenian : Արագած , pronounced [ ɑɾɑˈgɑts ] ; formerly Ալագյազ , Alagyaz via Turkish : Alagöz ) is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia . Its northern summit , at 4,090 m ( 13,420 ft ) above sea level , is the highest point of the Lesser Caucasus and Armenia . It is also one of the highest points in the Armenian Highlands . [ a ] The Aragats massif is surrounded by Kasagh River on the east , Akhurian River on the west , Ararat plain on the south and Shirak plain on the north . The circumference of the massif is around 200 km ( 120 mi ) , and covers an area of 6,000 km2 ( 2,300 sq mi ) or around ​1⁄5 of Armenia 's total area . [ b ] 944 km2 ( 364 sq mi ) of the massif is located above 2,000 m ( 6,600 ft ) .
The original native Armenian name for the country was Հայք ( Hayk ) ; however , it is currently rarely used . The contemporary name Հայաստան ( Hayastan ) became popular in the Middle Ages by addition of the Persian suffix -stan ( place ) . [ citation needed ] . However the origins of the name Hayastan trace back to much earlier dates and were first attested in circa 5th century in the works of Agathangelos , Faustus of Byzantium , Ghazar Parpetsi , Koryun , and Sebeos . The name has traditionally been derived from Hayk ( Հայկ ) , the legendary patriarch of the Armenians and a great-great-grandson of Noah , who , according to the 5th-century AD author Moses of Chorene ( Movsis Khorenatsi ) , defeated the Babylonian king Bel in 2492 BC and established his nation in the Ararat region . The further origin of the name is uncertain . It is also further postulated that the name Hay comes from one of the two confederated , Hittite vassal states - the Ḫayaša-Azzi ( 1600-1200 BC ) . The exonym Armenia is attested in the Old Persian Behistun Inscription ( 515 BC ) as Armina ( ) . The Ancient Greek terms Ἀρμενία ( Armenía ) and Ἀρμένιοι ( Arménioi , Armenians ) are first mentioned by Hecataeus of Miletus ( c. 550 BC - c. 476 BC ) . Xenophon , a Greek general serving in some of the Persian expeditions , describes many aspects of Armenian village life and hospitality in around 401 BC . Some scholars have linked the name Armenia with the Early Bronze Age state of Armani ( Armanum , Armi ) or the Late Bronze Age state of Arme ( Shupria ) . These connections are inconclusive as it is not known what languages were spoken in these kingdoms .
Dykh-Tau or Dykhtau ( Russian : Дыхтау , Karachay-Balkar : Дых тау that is derived from Turkic dik dagh which means Jagged Mount ) , is a mountain located in Kabardino-Balkaria , Russia ; its peak stands about 5 km ( 3 mi ) north of the border with Georgia . Dykh-Tau is the second highest of the Caucasus Mountains , after Mount Elbrus , and is the second highest mountain in Europe .
Gora Dyultydag , or simply Dyultydag ( Russian : Дюльтыдаг ) , is a mountain located in Dagestan , Russia .
Kaputjugh ( Armenian : Կապուտջուղ , translit : Kaputjuł , trans : blue branch ; Azerbaijani : Qapıcıq , trans . : small door , entrance ) is a mountain in the Caucasus . It has an elevation of 3,905 metres ( 12,812 ft ) and is on the international border between Armenia and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic , an exclave of Azerbaijan .
Gora Addala-Shukhgelmeer or simply Addala-Shukhgelmeer ( Russian : Аддала-Шухгельмеэр , romanized : Addala-Šuchgeljmeer ; is a mountain located in Dagestan , Russia .
Mt . Shani ( Georgian : შანი ; Gora Shan in Russian ) is a mountain in the Caucasus . It has an elevation of 4,451 metres ( 14,603 ft ) and is on the international border between Georgia and Ingushetia , Russia . The mountain rises immediately to the east of Stepantsminda , Georgia .