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ჯიმარა და მყინვარწვერი

Jimara (4780 m.) and Mkinvartsveri (5047 m.)

Great Caucasus

 

Mount Jimara (Ossetian: Джимарайы хох — Jimarayy khokh, Georgian: ჯიმარა) is the second highest point of North Ossetia–Alania, a Russia, with an altitude of 4,780 meters (15,680 ft). It is located on the border between Russia and Georgia. The mountain is located on the Khokh Range, 9 km (5.5 mi) to the west of Mount Kazbek (Mkinvartsveri).

 

Mount Mkinvartsveri (Kazbek) is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus located on the border of Georgia's Kazbegi District. It is the third-highest peak in Georgia (after Mount Shkhara and Janga) and the seventh-highest summit in the Caucasus Mountains. Kazbegi is also the second-highest volcanic summit in the Caucasus, after Mount Elbrus. The summit lies directly to the west of the town of Stepantsminda and is the most prominent geographic feature of the area. Mount Kazbek is the highest peak of Eastern Georgia. The name in Georgian, Mkinvartsveri, translates to "Glacier Peak" or "Freezing Cold Peak". The Vainakh name Bashlam translates as "Molten Mount".

 

 

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