Back القوقاز الصغرى Arabic Kiçik Qafqaz Azerbaijani Кесе Кавказ Bashkir Малы Каўказ Byelorussian Малы Каўказ BE-X-OLD Малък Кавказ Bulgarian छोटका कॉकेशस Bihari Mali Kavkaz BS Caucas Menor Catalan Жима Кавказ CE
| Lesser Caucasus | |
|---|---|
 Aragats mount | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Aragats[1] |
| Elevation | 4,090 m (13,420 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 600 km (370 mi) NW-SE |
| Geography | |
 Satellite image; the snowy mountains to the south are the Lesser Caucasus. | |
| Countries | |
| Range coordinates | 41°N 44°E / 41°N 44°E |
| Parent range | Caucasian / Armenian Highlands |
| Borders on | Greater Caucasus |
The Lesser Caucasus or Lesser Caucasus Mountains, also called Caucasus Minor, is the second of the two main ranges of the Caucasus Mountains, of length about 600 km (370 mi). The western portion of the Lesser Caucasus overlaps and converges with east Turkey and northwest Iran. It runs parallel to the Greater Caucasus, at a distance averaging about 100 km (62 mi) south from the Likhi Range (Georgia), and limits east Turkey from the north and north-east. It is connected with the Pontic range[2] and separated from it by the Kolkhida Lowland (Georgia) in the west and Kura-Aras Lowland (Azerbaijan) (by the Kura River) in the east.
- ^ "Mount Aragats | mountain, Armenia". Britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ^ Jon Mosar a , Jérémiah Mauvilly a , Kakhaber Koiava b , Irakli Gamkrelidze b , Nikolay Enna c , Vladimir Lavrishev c , Vera Kalberguenova a. "Tectonics in the Greater Caucasus (Georgia – Russia): From an intracontinental rifted basin to a doubly verging fold-and-thrust belt".
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