What is the highest mountain peak in Europe, situated in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Mount Elbrus (5,642 m)
- Step 1: Mount Elbrus is a dormant double-peaked volcano in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia.
- Step 2: Its western peak rises to 5,642 meters (18,510 feet), making it the undisputed highest peak in Europe under the standard geographic boundary along the Caucasus watershed.
Answer
Mount Elbrus (5,642 m)
Why not the others: 'Mont Blanc' is the highest peak in the Alps and Western Europe (4,808 m), but lower than Elbrus; 'Mount Kazbek' is a neighboring volcanic peak on the Russia-Georgia border; 'Matterhorn' is in the Swiss-Italian Alps.
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