Elbrus is a twin-summited volcanic edifice in the central Caucasus. The western and eastern cones are separate named features in the Smithsonian catalogue, which also gives each a coordinate and elevation.[1] This matters for maps and historical accounts: “Elbrus” can name the whole mountain or a particular summit.
The summit region is heavily glaciated. Studies of its glacier system do not all measure the same boundary or year. Holobâcă examined mapped changes between 1985 and 2007; Kutuzov and colleagues assessed area and volume change for 1997–2017.[2][3] Neither result is a statement about current snow or ice.
The mountain’s continental label is a separate question. Height is measured physically, whereas the Europe–Asia boundary follows a convention. A responsible comparison states its convention instead of allowing a superlative to hide it. Read Europe and Asia and Elevation and measurement for those distinctions.