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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Shkhara canonical 12
Shkhara East 1
Shkhara Mountain 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia → highestPoint → Shkhara ⓘ
Dykh-Tau → near → Shkhara ⓘ
European Ultras → includes → Shkhara ⓘ
Lamaria Church → locatedNear → Shkhara Mountain ⓘ
linked to: Shkhara
Mount Shkhara → hasSubpeaks → Shkhara West ⓘ
linked to: Shkhara
Mount Shkhara → hasSubpeaks → Shkhara East ⓘ
linked to: Shkhara
Seven Summits of the Caucasus → hasNotablePeak → Shkhara ⓘ
Christian Roth → climbed → Shkhara ⓘ
Shchara → alternateNameOf → Shkhara ⓘ
Shchara → nameVariant → Shkhara ⓘ
Dykhtau → nearestMajorPeak → Shkhara ⓘ