Mount Shkhara

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Mount Shkhara is one of the highest peaks in the Caucasus Mountains, located on the border of Georgia and Russia and renowned for its dramatic, glaciated slopes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain
peak
climate alpine
climbingDifficulty technically difficult
climbingType alpine climbing
continent Asia
Europe
coordinates 43.002°N 43.011°E
country Georgia
Russia
drainage Enguri River basin
elevation 17064 ft
5201 m
firstAscentBy British climbers
firstAscentYear 1888
glaciation heavily glaciated
hasFeature glaciated slopes
icefalls
rocky ridges
hasSubpeaks Shkhara East
linked to: Shkhara

Shkhara West
linked to: Shkhara
higherOnlyThan Dykh-Tau
Mount Elbrus
highestPointOf Georgia
isPartOf Greater Caucasus watershed
linked to: Greater Caucasus
listedIn Seven Summits of the Caucasus (by height ranking)
locatedIn Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Caucasus

Georgia
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Svaneti region
linked to: Svaneti
locatedOnBorderOf Georgia
Russia
mountainRange Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Caucasus
nameLanguage Georgian
near Ushguli
partOf Greater Caucasus
photoAttraction popular photography subject
prominence 1351 m
4432 ft
rankingByElevationInCaucasus third highest peak
region Caucasus
slopeCharacteristic dramatic
steep
snowCover permanent snow and ice
standardRoute via Georgian (south) side
via Russian (north) side
tourism mountaineering destination
trekking destination
visibleFrom Ushguli

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Ushguli near Mount Shkhara
subject linked to: village of Ushguli
Mount Ushba hasReputation Matterhorn of the Caucasus
linked to: Mount Shkhara
Republic of Georgia highestPoint Mount Shkhara
Ushguli overlookedBy Mount Shkhara
Bezingi Wall highestPoint Mount Shkhara
Bezingi Wall containsPeak Mount Shkhara
Shkhara Glacier locatedOnSlopeOf Mount Shkhara
Bezengi Wall highestPoint Mount Shkhara
Bezengi Wall contains Mount Shkhara
Bezengi Glacier near Mount Shkhara
subject linked to: Bezengi Glacier (nearby)
Bezengi Glacier near Mount Shkhara massif
subject linked to: Bezengi Glacier (nearby)
linked to: Mount Shkhara