Mount Kazbek
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Mount Kazbek is a dormant volcano located in the Caucasus Mountains on the border between Georgia and Russia. It holds cultural and geographical significance as a prominent landmark in the region and one of the highest peaks in the Caucasus range.
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Mount Kazbek or Mount Kazbegi is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus, located in Georgia, just south of the border with Russia.
Lying at 5,054 meters (16,581 ft) above at sea level, Mount Kazbek is the highest mountain in Eastern Georgia. It is also the third-highest peak in the country (after Mount Shkhara and Janga). Kazbegi is 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. The last eruption occurred c. 750 BCE.
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Five-thousanders of the CaucasusGeography of Mtskheta-MtianetiGeorgia (country)–Russia borderHolocene stratovolcanoesInternational mountains of EuropeMountains of Mtskheta-MtianetiMountains of North Ossetia–AlaniaPotentially active volcanoesStratovolcanoes of AsiaStratovolcanoes of RussiaStratovolcanoes of the CaucasusUltra-prominent peaks of Europe