Mount Ushba

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Mount Ushba is a striking, twin-peaked mountain in the Caucasus of northwestern Georgia, renowned among climbers for its technical difficulty and dramatic, pyramid-like profile.

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Mount Shkhara 1
Mount Ushba canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
mountain peak
mountain peak
natural geographic feature
climbingSeason summer
climbingType technical mountaineering
country Georgia
difficultyClassification one of the most difficult peaks in the Caucasus
elevation 4690 m
4710 m
4710 m
firstAscent 1888
firstAscentBy Christian Zurbuchen
John Garford Cockin
Ulrich Almer
firstAscentRoute North summit via Georgian (north) side
hasFeature twin-peaked summit
hasGlacier Ushba Glacier
hasLanguageVariantName უშბა
hasPeak North Ushba
South Ushba
hasReputation Mount Shkhara
surface form: Matterhorn of the Caucasus
hasShape pyramid-like profile
hazard avalanches
frequent storms
rockfall
isBorderPeak no
knownFor dramatic appearance
steep faces
technical climbing difficulty
locatedIn Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus Mountains

northwestern Georgia
locatedInCountry Georgia
locatedOnContinent Asia
Europe
mountainRange Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus Mountains
nameInLanguage Ushba in English
Georgian language
surface form: უშბა in Georgian
nearRiver Enguri River
nearSettlement Mestia
notableRoute South summit via Russian (north) side
partOf Greater Caucasus
photoSubject iconic landscape photography in Svaneti
prominence ~1360 m
region Svaneti
rockType metamorphic rock
tourismType mountaineering tourism
visibleFrom Mestia

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Svaneti hasMountain Mount Ushba
Svaneti hasMountain Mount Ushba
this entity surface form: Mount Shkhara