Beshtau (, from Turkic beş 'five' and tau 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain (volcano) near Pyatigorsk (after the Russian term Pyatigorye 'area of five mountains') in the Northern Caucasus. 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, which were closed in 1975. See also Mashuk External links References Mountains of Russia Landforms of Stavropol Krai Mountains of the Caucasus