Koshtan-Tau

Koshtan-Tau
Highest point
Elevation	5,144 m (16,877 ft)
Coordinates	43°03′00″N 43°13′00″E / 43.05°N 43.2167°E / 43.05; 43.2167Coordinates: 43°03′00″N 43°13′00″E / 43.05°N 43.2167°E / 43.05; 43.2167
Geography
Koshtan-Tau Location of Koshtan-Tau within the Caucasus mountains
Location	Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Parent range	Caucasus Mountains
Climbing
First ascent	1889

Koshtan-Tau (Russian: Коштан-тау; Karachay-Balkar: Къоштан-тау, means 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.