Shchara

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Shchara is an alternate name for Shkhara, one of the highest and most prominent peaks in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shchara canonical 1
შხარა 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
alternateNameOf Shkhara
climbingDifficulty technical alpine routes
drainsToRiver Enguri River
elevationInMeters 5193
firstAscentBy British alpinists
firstAscentYear 1888
hasClimbingHazard avalanches
crevasses
rockfall
hasClimbingSeason summer
hasCoordinates approximately 43.0°N 43.0°E
hasFeature extensive glaciation
permanent snow
hasGlacier Shkhara Glacier
hasRidge Bezingi Wall
linked to: Bezengi Wall
hasRockType metamorphic rocks
hasStatus one of the highest peaks in Europe (by some definitions)
isHighestPointOf Georgia
isIconicLandmarkOf Svaneti
isNearSettlement Ushguli
isOnBorderWith Russia
isOneOf highest peaks in the Caucasus
most prominent peaks in the Caucasus
isPartOfBorderBetween Georgia and Russia
isPeakOf Greater Caucasus
listedIn Seven Summits of the Caucasus (informal lists)
locatedInCountry Georgia
locatedInMountainRange Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Caucasus
locatedInRegion Svaneti
locatedInSubrange Greater Caucasus
locatedInValley Enguri River valley
linked to: Enguri Valley
mountainType glaciated peak
nameLanguageVariant Russian-language form of Shkhara
nameVariant Shkhara
parentPeak Mount Elbrus
partOf Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Caucasus

Greater Caucasus watershed
popularFor alpine climbing
mountaineering
prominenceInMeters 1350
topographicIsolationInKilometers about 11
visibleFrom Ushguli village

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Shkhara alsoKnownAs Shchara
Шхара имеетГрузинскоеНазвание შხარა
linked to: Shchara