Koshtan-Tau
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Koshtan-Tau (Russian: Коштан-тау; Karachay-Balkar: Къоштан тау, romanized: Qoştan taw, lit. '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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