# Mount Elbrus

- **Country:** Russia
- **Coordinates:** 43.355000, 42.439167
- **Age:** Unknown
- **Type:** Stratovolcano (dormant)
- **Parent:** Lateral RangeCaucasus Mountains
- **Country:** Russia
- **Listing:** Seven SummitsVolcanic Seven SummitsCountry high pointUltra
- **Map Size:** 325
- **Topo Map:** Elbrus and Upper Baksan Valley by EWP
- **Elevation M:** 5642
- **First Ascent:** (West summit) 1874, by Florence Crauford Grove, Frederick Gardiner, Horace Walker and the guides Peter Knubel and 22 July 1829 by Killar Khashirov
- **Prominence M:** 4741
- **Easiest Route:** Basic snow/ice climb
- **Last Eruption:** 50 AD ± 50 years
- **Mountain Type:** Stratovolcano (dormant)
- **Label Position:** bottom
- **Prominence Ref:** Ranked 10th
- **Subdivision1 Type:** Federal subject

Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. The taller, western summit is ; the eastern summit is . The earliest recorded ascent of the eastern summit was on 10 July 1829 by a Circassian man named Khillar Khashirov, and the western summit in 1874 by a British expedition led by F. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardiner, Horace Walker and the Swiss guide

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)