Mount Kazbek

Mount Kazbegi
Mount Kazbegi
Highest point
Elevation5,054 m (16,581 ft)[1][2]
Prominence2,353 m (7,720 ft)[1]
Isolation113.6 km (70.6 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingUltra
Coordinates42°41′57″N 44°31′06″E / 42.69917°N 44.51833°E / 42.69917; 44.51833[1]
Naming
Native name
  • მყინვარწვერი (Mqinvartsveri),
  • ყაზბეგი (Kazbegi)
  • Башлам (Bashlam)
  • Бешлоам (Beshloam)
  • Сӕна (Sæna)
  • Казбек (Kazbek)
Geography
Kazbegi is located in Caucasus Mountains
Kazbegi
Kazbegi
Location of Mount Kazbegi within the Caucasus Mountains
Kazbegi is located in Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Kazbegi
Kazbegi
Kazbegi (Mtskheta-Mtianeti)
Location
CountriesRussia and Georgia
Parent rangeLateral Range
Caucasus
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano (dormant)
Last eruption750 BCE ± 50 years
Climbing
First ascentYosif Buzurtanov (late 18th century)[4][5]
Easiest routeBasic snow/ice climb

Mount Kazbek or Mount Kazbegi[a] is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus, located in Georgia, just south of the border with Russia.[6]

Lying at 5,054 meters (16,581 ft) above at sea level, Mount Kazbek is the highest mountain in Eastern Georgia. It is also the third-highest peak in the country (after Mount Shkhara and Janga). Kazbegi is 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.[6] The last eruption occurred c. 750 BCE.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "European Russia and the Caucasian States: Ultra-Prominence Page". peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  2. ^ "Gora Kazbek, Georgia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  3. ^ Страны Мира. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 1974. p. 168. ISBN 978-5-94849-423-4.
  4. ^ Арджеванидзе 1954, p. 227.
  5. ^ Дахкильгов 1989, p. 99.
  6. ^ a b c "Kazbek". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-24.


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