Greater Caucasus Greater Caucasus Greater Caucasus (, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; , "Didi K’avk’asioni"; , "Bolshoy Kavkaz", sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains. The range stretches for about from west-northwest to east-southeast, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea: from the Western Caucasus in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian. The range is traditionally separated into three parts: In the wetter Western Caucasus, the mountains are
Americans at the Black Sea Americans at the Black Sea Americans at the Black Sea () is a 2006 Turkish comedy film, directed by Kartal Tibet, about a U.S. military recovery operation on Turkey's Black Sea coast. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on . The film was shot on location in Akçakoca, Turkey. A rocket the United States has located on the Black Sea's seabed as a precaution against a potential threat from Tehran launches accidentally. Officers, quickly realizing the incident, alter the coordinates of the rocket and manage to land it—without exploding—on Turkey's Black Sea coast. All that's left