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
surface form: Greater Caucasus watershed ridge
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 Russia–Georgia relations
surface form: Georgia and Russia
listedIn Seven Summits of the Caucasus (by some classifications)
locatedIn Greater Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus Mountains

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
surface form: Dykh-Tau (by some prominence classifications)
partOf Kabardino-Balkaria
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Svaneti
surface form: Svaneti region
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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