Beshtau

{{short description|Mountain in Stavropol Krai, Russia}} {{expand Russian|topic=geo|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Beshtau | other_name = {{Lang|ru|Бештау}} | image = Бештаугорский_заказник_на_закате_с_квадрокоптера.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map = Caucasus mountains   | highest = | highest_location = | elevation = | elevation_m = 1401 | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | elevation_system = | prominence = | prominence_m = | prominence_ft = | prominence_ref = | parent_peak = | isolation = | isolation_km = | isolation_mi = | isolation_parent = | isolation_ref = | listing = | coordinates = {{coord|44|4|36.62|N|43|0|53.64|E|display=it}} | coordinates_ref =  | length = | length_km = | length_mi = | length_orientation = | length_ref = | width = | width_km = | width_mi = | width_orientation = | width_ref = | area = | area_km2 = | area_mi2 = | area_ref = | volume = | volume_km3 = | volume_mi3 = | volume_ref =  | etymology = from Turkic ''beş'' 'five' and ''tau'' 'mountain' | nickname = | native_name = {{native name|ru|Бештау}} | translation = | pronunciation = | authority =  | location = | country = {{RUS}} | country_type = | subdivision1 = Stavropol Krai | subdivision1_type = Federal subject | state = | state_type = | region = | region_type = | district = | district_type = | part = | part_type = | settlement = near Pyatigorsk | settlement_type = City | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | range = Greater Caucasus | borders_on = | grid_ref_UK = | grid_ref_UK_ref = | grid_ref_Ireland = | grid_ref_Ireland_ref = | topo_maker = | topo_map = | biome =  | formed_by = | orogeny = | age = | type = Volcano | geology = | volcanic_zone = | last_eruption =  | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access =  | embedded = | module = }}

'''Beshtau''' ({{Langx|ru|Бештау}}, from Turkic ''beş'' 'five' and ''tau'' 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain (volcano) in the northern vicinity of Pyatigorsk in the Northern Caucasus, Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Зимнее восхождение на гору Бештау совершат около 800 человек |url=https://tass.ru/severnyy-kavkaz/4903119 |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=tass.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Пятигорье - это... Что такое Пятигорье? |url=https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/bse/125433/%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5 |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Словари и энциклопедии на Академике |language=ru}}</ref> It gave name to the historical region of {{ill|Pyatigorye|ru|Пятигорье}} (literally "area of five mountains"), the town of Pyatigorsk, and the ethnonym {{ill|Pyatigoryan Circassians|ru|Пятигорские черкасы}} or ''Pyatigortsy'' (''Circassi Quinquemontani'' on old Western European maps).

thumb|View of Mount Beshtau from the top of Mount Mashuk (Машук) Its height is {{convert|1401|m|abbr=on}}. The slopes are forested with ash, oak, hornbeam, and beech deciduous forests, and the summit is treeless. Beshtau used to have uranium mines managed by the {{ill|Mine Administration No. 10|ru|Рудоуправление № 10}} of the Ministry of Medium Machine-Building (a euphemism for the Soviet nuclear industry), which were operating during 1950 – 1988.

By the foothill of the mountain there is the {{ill|Second Athos Monastery of the Dormition|ru|Второафонский Успенский монастырь}}.

==See also== *Mashuk

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Category:Mountains of Russia Category:Landforms of Stavropol Krai Category:Mountains of the Caucasus