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Is 85 nautical miles as long as Mount Elbrus?

It's about thirty times as tall as Mount Elbrus
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The height of Mount Elbrus is about 3.046 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Mingi Tau, a.k.a. Эльбрус, a.k.a. იალბუზი) (Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia) (west summit)
The west summit of the dual-summit volcano Mount Elbrus is 3.046 nautical miles at its peak and is the highest peak in both Russia and the European continent. Until 1976, a cable car would take visitors to the mountain as far up as the Garabashi camp, located at an elevation of 2.052 nautical miles.
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