Mount Beshtau
Beshtau, Zheleznovodsk, Stavropol Territory
Description:
Isolated type five-domed mountain-laccolite Beshtau is the highest of the magmatic peaks of the Pyatigorje KMV and has a height of 1400 meters with a foot diameter of 8000 meters.
To date, Beshtau is a regional complex natural monument of landscape format, located near such well-known tourist resort cities as Pyatigorsk, Lermontov and Zheleznovodsk, as well as Inozemtsevo.
This mountain object includes wall-shaped massifs: Acute, Dumb and Honey. It is the mountain slope of Beshtau that is the parent of the Dzhemukha River, which begins at an altitude of 0.6 km. According to ancient Greek writers, the picturesque foothills with pastures became famous for a beautiful breed of horses.