Peaks
- Mount Elbrus, 5642 m, 43°21′18″N 42°26′21″E / 43.355°N 42.43917°E / 43.355; 42.43917 (Mount Elbrus) is the highest mountain in Europe.
- Dykh-Tau, 5205 m, 43°3′N 43°8′E / 43.05°N 43.133°E / 43.05; 43.133 (Dykh-Tau)
- Shkhara, 5201 m, 43°01′N 43°10′E / 43.01°N 43.17°E / 43.01; 43.17 (Shkhara)
- Koshtan-Tau, 5151 m, 43°03′00″N 43°13′00″E / 43.05°N 43.2167°E / 43.05; 43.2167 (Koshtan-Tau)
- Shota Rustaveli Peak, 4859 m, 43°01′33″N 43°02′37″E / 43.02592°N 43.04349°E / 43.02592; 43.04349 (Shota Rustaveli Peak)
- Kazbek, 5047 m, 42°41′51″N 44°31′08″E / 42.6975°N 44.51889°E / 42.6975; 44.51889 (Kazbek)
- Tebulosmta, 4493 m, 42°38′N 45°19′E / 42.64°N 45.32°E / 42.64; 45.32 (Tebulosmta)
- Diklosmta, 4285 m, 42°33′N 45°48′E / 42.55°N 45.80°E / 42.55; 45.80 (Diklosmta)
- Bazardüzü, 4466 m, 41°16′N 47°47′E / 41.27°N 47.79°E / 41.27; 47.79 (Bazardüzü)
- Babadag, 3629 m, 41°03′N 48°17′E / 41.05°N 48.29°E / 41.05; 48.29 (Babadag)
- Katyn-Tau, 4979 m, 43°01′50″N 43°02′08″E / 43.03069°N 43.03555°E / 43.03069; 43.03555 (Katyn-Tau)
- Pushkin, 5033 m, 43°00′51″N 43°04′12″E / 43.01422°N 43.07001°E / 43.01422; 43.07001 (Pushkin)
- Janga, 5051 m, 43°01′08″N 43°03′24″E / 43.01889°N 43.05671°E / 43.01889; 43.05671 (Janga)
- Tetnuld, 4858 m, 43°01′52″N 42°59′35″E / 43.03113°N 42.99319°E / 43.03113; 42.99319 (Tetnuld)
- Ushba, 4710 m, 43°07′29″N 42°39′32″E / 43.12486°N 42.65901°E / 43.12486; 42.65901 (Ushba)
- Ailama, 4525 m, 42°57′29″N 43°10′43″E / 42.95806°N 43.17861°E / 42.95806; 43.17861 (Ailama)
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Famous quotes containing the word peaks:
“The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)
“On the secret map the assassins
Cloistered, the Moon River was marked
Near the eighteen peaks and the city
Of humiliation and defeat ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
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—John Dos Passos (18961970)