Jump to content

List of mountains in Georgia (country)

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This List of Mountains in Georgia names the highest mountains in Georgia, country in the western part of the Caucasus. Georgia has 2672 prominent peaks.[1] The highest peak in the country is the Shchara, at 5193 meters one of the country's three five-thousanders.[2] The highest peaks in the country are in the Greater Caucasus.[3] Another remarkable mountain is the Mtatsminda in the capital Tbilisi.[4]

Mountain Height
in m 		Coordinates Mountain range Administrative region Notes
Shchara
Shkhara
Georgian: შხარა 		5193 43°00′02″N 43°06′44″E / 43.000556°N 43.112222°E / 43.000556; 43.112222 (Shchara) Greater Caucasus Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Highest point in the country; Border with Russia [5]
Dzjanga (left)
Janga
Georgian: ჯანღა 		5051 43°01′08″N 43°03′24″E / 43.01889°N 43.05671°E / 43.01889; 43.05671 (Dzjanga) Greater Caucasus Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Border with Russia [6]
Kazbek
Kazbek
Georgian: ყაზბეგი 		5047 42°41′50″N 44°31′07″E / 42.697350°N 44.518641°E / 42.697350; 44.518641 (Kazbek) Greater Caucasus Mtskheta-Mtianeti stratovolcano; Border with Russia [7]
Tetnuldi
Tetnuldi
Georgian: თეთნულდი 		4869 43°01′52″N 42°59′35″E / 43.031111°N 42.993056°E / 43.031111; 42.993056 (Tetnuldi) Greater Caucasus Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Adishi Glacier[8]
Uschba
Ushba
Georgian: უშბა 		4737 43°07′34″N 42°39′11″E / 43.126111°N 42.653056°E / 43.126111; 42.653056 (Uschba) Greater Caucasus Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti [9]
Ailama
Ailama
Georgian: აილამა, აჰლამა 		4547 42°57′26″N 43°10′47″E / 42.9572°N 43.1796°E / 42.9572; 43.1796 (Ailama) Greater Caucasus Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Border with Russia [10]
Tebulosmta
Tebulosmta
Georgian: ტებულოს მთა 		4493 42°34′24″N 45°19′03″E / 42.573333°N 45.3175°E / 42.573333; 45.3175 (Tebulosmta) Greater Caucasus Kakheti Border with Russia [11]
Mtatsminda
Mtatsminda
Georgian: მთაწმინდა 		727 41°41′44″N 44°47′07″E / 41.695571°N 44.785246°E / 41.695571; 44.785246 (Mtatsminda) Tbilisi TV tower [12]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountains of Georgia.
  1. ^ Georgia peaks. This database does not list mountains, but all peaks in the country.
  2. ^ John Neill, The mountaineering history of the Caucasus in The red snows : an account of the British Caucasus Expedition 1958. by Sir John Hunt and Christopher Brasher. London : Hutchinson, pages 155-170, 1960. ASIN B0026YOT2I
  3. ^ Discover top 7 highest mountains of Georgia Georgia Journal 16 December 2015
  4. ^ Irakli Abashidze (Red.): Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1986
  5. ^ Shkhara, Russia/Georgia Peakbagger.com
  6. ^ Jangi-Tau, Russia/Georgia Peakbagger.com
  7. ^ Gora Kazbek, Russia/Georgia Peakbagger.com
  8. ^ Tetnuld, Georgia Peakbagger.com
  9. ^ Gora Ushba, Georgia Peakbagger.com
  10. ^ "Ailama". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  11. ^ Gora Tebulosmta, Georgia/Russia Peakbagger.com
  12. ^ Mtatsminda Mountain, Georgia Peakbagger.com
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Georgia_(country)&oldid=1163251249"