The region consisting of the countries Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; the disputed regions of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia; and a group of republics within southern Russia.
The region consisting of the countries georgia, armenia, and azerbaijan; the disputed regions of abkhazia, nagorno-karabakh, and south-ossetia; and a group of republics within Russia: Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia-Alania, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan.
The Caucasus is located where the continents of europe and asia meet, between turkey and the black-sea to the west, russia to the north, the caspian-sea to the east, and iran to the south.