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Dykh-Tau
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Dykh-Tau or Dykhtau (; , derived from Turkic "dik dagh" which means 'Jagged Mount'), is the second-highest mountain in Russia and Europe with an elevation of 5,205 m (17,077 ft) above sea level. It is located in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia; its peak standing about north of the border with Georgia.
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- Mountain.country
- Russia
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- Gora Dykh-Tau
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- Dykhtau.jpg
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- 5205
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- 2002
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- Lateral RangeCaucasus Mountains
- Mountain.listing
- Seven Second SummitsUltra
- Mountain.location
- Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
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- Caucasus mountains#Russia Kabardino-Balkaria
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- Location of Dykh-Tau in the Caucasus mountains
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- right
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- Map and Guide to the Caucasus: Bezingi, Bashil, Adaikhokh
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Access
- Climbing routes
- Mapping
- See also
- References
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Dykh-Tau or Dykhtau (; , derived from Turkic "dik dagh" which means 'Jagged Mount'), is the second-highest mountain in Russia and Europe with an elevation of 5,205 m (17,077 ft) above sea level. It is located in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia; its peak standing about north of the border with Georgia.
==Access== Dykh-Tau is best accessed from the north (Russia). Bezingi village may be reached from Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria with infrequent public transport, here a 4WD vehicle must be hired. Thus Bezingi Alpine Camp is reached at . From here it takes a further 2 days to reach the base of the climb.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dykh-Tau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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