Gora Dyultydag, or simply Dyultydag (russian: Дюльтыдаг), is a
mountain
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located in
Dagestan,
Russia
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. At elevation, it is the highest point of the Dyultydag range of the
Greater Caucasus
The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...
.
[Soviet military ma]
K-38-82
(1:100,000)[Soviet military ma]
K-38-23
(1:200,000)
Toponymy
''Dyultydag'' refers to both a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
and its higher summit, ''Gora Dyultydag''.
Sometimes the Cyrillic name ''Дюльтыдаг'' is
transliterated
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as ''Dyul'tydag''.
Geography
The mountain belongs to the
Samur basin. Its peak stands about north of the border with
Azerbaijan
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. The closest village to Dyultydag is
Archib in
Charodinsky District. In 1961 its summit was reported as perennial snow-capped.
At an
elevation
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of 4127 m Gora Dyultydag is Dagestan's fifth-highest mountain and the 45th-highest in Russia.
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See also
* List of European ultra prominent peaks
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References
External links
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Mountains of Dagestan
Four-thousanders of the Caucasus
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