Beshtau

Beshtau is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain in the northern vicinity of Pyatigorsk in the Northern Caucasus. It gave name to the historical region of , the town of Pyatigorsk, and the ethnonym or Pyatigortsy.
Its height is. The slopes are forested with ash, oak, hornbeam, and beech deciduous forests, and the summit is treeless. Beshtau used to have uranium mines managed by the of the Ministry of Medium Machine-Building, which were operating during 1950 – 1988.
By the foothill of the mountain there is the.