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Mountain · Caucasus Mountains · Stavropol Krai

Mashuk

993 m3,258 ft

Prominence: 393 m1,288 ft
Isolation: 5.9 km
Tonight: 7°CCloudy · Wind 15 km/h E

Mashuk is a 993 m (3,258 ft) mountain in the Caucasus Mountains, Stavropol Krai, Russia.

All facts

Elevation: 993 m · 3,258 ft
Nearest higher peak: Beshtau (1,402 m)
Range: Caucasus Mountains
Region: Stavropol Krai, Russia
Coordinates: 44.0501° N, 43.0885° E

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3D map

Mashuk 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mashuk terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mashuk elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mashuk weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 15 km/h E

Mashuk forecast for the summit, about 993 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 450 m.

Tonight7°–15 km/h EBase 10°
Today7°11°1.4 mm20 km/h EBase 10 / 14°
Sun6°10°3.9 mm21 km/h EBase 9 / 13°
Mon5°10°0.2 mm21 km/h SEBase 8 / 13°
Tue6°9°0.5 mm21 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
Wed6°9°2.6 mm23 km/h EBase 9 / 12°
Thu6°9°3.0 mm18 km/h EBase 9 / 12°
Fri6°9°1.8 mm19 km/h EBase 9 / 12°
Sat4°10°5.3 mm6 km/h SEBase 7 / 13°
Sun6°10°1.1 mm13 km/h EBase 9 / 13°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 88% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

88.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

10.9%

Steep, 30–45°

1.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 547 m low point 450 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 53.6%Built-up 35.0%Grassland 10.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,149 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eurasian Jay105
Eurasian Blackbird96
Common Wood-Pigeon89
Lesser celandine68
Garlic mustard54
White dittany54

Where it sits

Where Mashuk sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Mashuk downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMashuk satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-10.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 997 m at the summit; the official height is 993 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	993 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	997 m	+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	988 m	-5 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-10)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia