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The Greater Caucasus Mountains are squeezed between the Black and Caspian Seas. Mount Elbrus at 5633 metres is a huge volcanic dome covered by a large icecap but a little further east more 5,000 metre peaks create an imposing north face. Here during colder times glaciers coalesced to create one long ice flow – theContinue reading “The Mountain Ranges of Middle World”