Mount Elbrus (Russian:Эльбру́с, tr.Ēlbrus;IPA: [ɪlʲˈbrus]; Karachay-Balkar:Минги тау, Min̡i taw, IPA: [miŋŋi taw]) is a dormant volcano located in the northern Caucasus mountains, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia of Russia, near the border with Georgia. Elbrus' peak is the highest in the Caucasus Mountains, in Russia, and in Europe; and it is the tenth most prominent in the world.