Ragdan ( az, Raqdan; russian: Рагдан) is a
mountain peak
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of the
Greater Caucasus
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range, located in the
Qusar District
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of
Azerbaijan
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and
Dokuzparinsky District
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of
Dagestan
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,
Russia
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. It has elevation of above
sea level
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.
Geography
Ragdan sits among two other peaks in the Greater Caucasus range,
Bazarduzu and
Charundagh. The
southernmost point of Russia is located 2,2 kilometres east of Ragdan, at an altitude of over .
[Лист карты K-38-108 Хачмас. Масштаб: 1:100 000. 1978.]
References
Four-thousanders of the Caucasus
Mountains of Azerbaijan
Mountains of Russia
Mountains of the Caucasus
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