Lateral Range
| Lateral Range | |
|---|---|
| Боковой хребет / გვერდითი ქედი | |
Side view of the Maly Azau glacier | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Elbrus |
| Elevation | 5,642 m (18,510 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 1,100 km (680 mi) ESE/WNW |
| Geography | |
| Countries | Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan |
| Federal subjects | Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan |
| Range coordinates | 43°0′N 43°24′E / 43.000°N 43.400°E |
| Parent range | Greater Caucasus |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Paleozoic |
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The Lateral Range is a mountain range in the Russian Federation and Georgia, with a very small part in Azerbaijan. The range is part of the Greater Caucasus.
Some swathes of the range are protected areas, under the Kabardino-Balkaria Nature Reserve and the North Ossetia Nature Reserve.