{{Short description|Mountain in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Koshtan-Tau | image = Koshtantau.jpg | image_caption = | elevation_m = 5144 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakware>{{cite peakware|id=1017|name=Koshtan-Tau}}</ref> | prominence = | map = Caucasus mountains#Russia Kabardino-Balkaria | map_caption = Location of Koshtan-Tau within the Caucasus mountains | location = Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia | range = Caucasus Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|43.05|N|43.2167|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=peakware /> | country={{flag|Kabardino-Balkaria}} | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = 1889<ref name=peakware /> | easiest_route = }}
'''Koshtan-Tau''' ({{langx|ru|Коштан-тау}}; {{langx|krc|Къоштан тау|Qoştan taw|paired mountain}}) is the highest peak (5,144m) of the Koshtan massif of the central Caucasus Mountains in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, near the border with Georgia. The peak was first ascended in 1889 by Herman Woolley and party.
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==Further reading == * A. F. Mummery, H. W. Holder, W. F. Donkin and C. T. Dent, "Further Explorations in the Caucasus", ''Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series'', Vol. 11, No. 6 (Jun., 1889), pp. 351–374
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041213170346/http://www.bartleby.com/65/ko/KoshtanT.html Columbia Encyclopedia entry]
Category:Mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria Category:Five-thousanders of the Caucasus
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