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Kukurtlu
Kukurtlu. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Kukurtlu Dome (also known as Kukurtli-Kolbashi (Russian: Кукуртли-Колбаши) and Kyukyurtlyu-Kol-Bashi) is a mountain peak in Caucasus Mountains. It is 4,624 metres (15,171 ft) above sea level. Since it only has a promience height of 18 metres (59 ft), it is considered a sub-peak of Elbrus.

It is 0.75 miles southwest of Mount Elbrus. The name of the peak, translated from the Karachay language, means "Sulfur Mountain".

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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