Shkhara

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Shkhara is a prominent peak in the Greater Caucasus mountain range, known as one of the highest and most challenging mountains in the region.

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Shkhara canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
peak
alsoKnownAs Shchara
Шхара
belongsTo Greater Caucasus watershed ridge
linked to: Greater Caucasus
climate alpine
climbingDifficulty technically difficult
climbingHazards avalanches
rockfall
seracs
coordinates 43.003°N 43.011°E
country Georgia
Russia
elevation 17059 ft
5201 m
faces northern face toward Russia
southern face toward Svaneti
feature heavily glaciated slopes
steep mixed rock-and-ice faces
firstAscent 1888
firstAscentBy Christian Roth
John Garford Cockin
Ulrich Almer
geology mainly metamorphic and sedimentary rocks
glacier Shkhara Glacier
isOnBorderBetween Georgia and Russia
listedIn Seven Summits of the Caucasus (by some classifications)
locatedIn Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus
mountainRange Greater Caucasus
near Mestia
Ushguli
notableFor being one of the most challenging climbs in the Caucasus
high objective danger
parentPeak Dykh-Tau (by some prominence classifications)
linked to: Dykh-Tau
partOf Kabardino-Balkaria
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Svaneti region
linked to: Svaneti
photoAppearsFrom Ushguli village
prominence 1351 m
ranking highest mountain in Georgia
one of the highest peaks in the Caucasus
third-highest peak in the Caucasus (commonly cited)
region Caucasus
ridge Bezingi Wall
topographicIsolation 12.3 km (approximate)

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