{"id":59819,"date":"2026-08-17T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59819"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:32:35","slug":"mt-elbrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mt-elbrus\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt Elbrus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mount Elbrus Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andhra Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector V. Venkateswara Rao of Eluru Rural Police Station marked India&#8217;s 80th Independence Day in a unique way by scaling Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe, which stands at 5,642 metres in Russia. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Elbrus<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in <\/span><b>Southern Russia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Mount Elbrus is the <\/span><b>highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rising to an elevation of 5,642 m, Mount Elbrus is the world\u2019s 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> most prominent peak as well as the <\/span><b>highest mountain peak in both the European continent and Russia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> one of the Seven Summits of the world, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which are the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Elbrus is an <\/span><b>inactive volcano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that consists of two principal summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. It is also <\/span><b>Eurasia\u2019s highest stratovolcano.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Formation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed that the<\/span><b> Caucasus Mountains were formed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to the<\/span><b> northward collision of the Arabian Plate with the Eurasian Plate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geological studies have revealed that Mount Elbrus was formed over 2.5 million years ago and the volcano had been<\/span><b> most active during<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Holocene Epoch.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The snowfields of Mount Elbrus cover an area of 138 sq. km. and host around 22 principal glaciers and 77 secondary glaciers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Glaciers: Bolshoi Azaou and Irik Glacier.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many <\/span><b>Russian rivers like<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><b> Baksan, Malka, and Kuban rivers originate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from these glaciers. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/andhra-pradesh-police-sub-inspector-scales-mount-elbrus-unfurls-100-metre-tricolour-11913463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain peak in both the European continent and Russia. 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