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Mount Elbrus (; , ) is a dormant volcano located in the northern Caucasus mountains, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia of Russia, near the border with Georgia. Mt. Elbrus's peak is the highest in the Caucasus Mountains, in Russia, and in Europe; and it is the tenth most prominent in the world. Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. With its slightly taller west summit, the mountain stands at ;〔 the east summit is . The lower east summit was first ascended on 10 July 1829 (Julian calendar) by Khillar Khachirov, a Karachay〔(''Радде Г. И. Кавказский хребет // Живописная Россия. Т. 9. Кавказ, СПб., 1883. С ). Mountain.ru. Retrieved on 15 May 2014.〕〔Miziev, I. M. ("ФАКТЫ И СУЖДЕНИЯ" ), in ''Следы на Эльбрусе (из истории горного туризма и отечественного альпинизма)''〕〔(История восхождений ). elbrus-top.ru〕 guide for an Imperial Russian army scientific expedition led by General Emmanuel, and the higher (by about ) in 1874 by an English expedition led by F. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker, and the Swiss guide Peter Knubel of St. Niklaus in the canton Valais. While there are differing authorities on how the Caucasus are distributed between Europe and Asia, most relevant modern authorities define the continental boundary as the Caucasus watershed, placing Elbrus in Europe as its highest mountain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elbrus Region )〕 == Etymology == The name ''Elbrus'' is a metathesis of Alborz.〔("Alborz" ) in ''Encyclopædia Iranica''〕 The name ''Alborz'' is derived from that of ''Harā Bərəzaitī'', a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology.〔 ''Harā Bərəzaitī'' reflects Proto-Iranian *''Harā Bṛzatī''. *''Bṛzatī'' is the feminine form of the adjective *''bṛzant''—"high", the reconstructed ancestor of modern Persian ''Barz/Berazandeh'' (tall,elegant) and ''boland'' (high, tall),〔 and modern Kurdish "barz" (high, tall). ''Harā'' may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from an Indo-European root *''ser''—"protect".〔 In Middle Persian, ''Harā Bərəzaitī'' became ''Harborz'', Modern Persian Alborz (also the name of a long mountain range in northern Iran), which is cognate with ''Elbrus''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Elbrus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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