List of mountains in Georgia (country)

This List of Mountains in Georgia names the highest mountains in Georgia, country in the western part of the Caucasus. Georgia has 2672 prominent peaks.[1] The highest peak in the country is the Shchara, at 5193 meters one of the country's three five-thousanders.[2] The highest peaks in the country are in the Greater Caucasus.[3] Another remarkable mountain is the Mtatsminda in the capital Tbilisi.[4]

Mountain Height
in m
Coordinates Mountain range Administrative region Notes

Shkhara
Georgian: შხარა
519343.000556°N 43.112222°E / 43.000556; 43.112222 (Shchara)Greater CaucasusSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Highest point in the country; Border with Russia [5]

Janga
Georgian: ჯანღა
505143.01889°N 43.05671°E / 43.01889; 43.05671 (Dzjanga)Greater CaucasusSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Border with Russia [6]

Kazbek
Georgian: ყაზბეგი
504742.697350°N 44.518641°E / 42.697350; 44.518641 (Kazbek)Greater CaucasusMtskheta-Mtianeti stratovolcano; Border with Russia [7]

Tetnuldi
Georgian: თეთნულდი
486943.031111°N 42.993056°E / 43.031111; 42.993056 (Tetnuldi)Greater CaucasusSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Adishi Glacier [8]

Ushba
Georgian: უშბა
473743.126111°N 42.653056°E / 43.126111; 42.653056 (Uschba)Greater CaucasusSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti[9]

Ailama
Georgian: აილამა, აჰლამა
454742.9572°N 43.1796°E / 42.9572; 43.1796 (Ailama)Greater CaucasusSamegrelo-Zemo SvanetiBorder with Russia [10]

Tebulosmta
Georgian: ტებულოს მთა
449342.573333°N 45.3175°E / 42.573333; 45.3175 (Tebulosmta)Greater CaucasusKakhetiBorder with Russia [11]

Mtatsminda
Georgian: მთაწმინდა
727 41.695571°N 44.785246°E / 41.695571; 44.785246 (Mtatsminda) Tbilisi TV tower [12]


See also

  • List of highest mountains

Reference

  1. Georgia peaks. This database does not list mountains, but all peaks in the country.
  2. John Neill, The mountaineering history of the Caucasus in The red snows : an account of the British Caucasus Expedition 1958. by Sir John Hunt and Christopher Brasher. London : Hutchinson, pages 155-170, 1960. ASIN B0026YOT2I
  3. Discover top 7 highest mountains of Georgia Georgia Journal 16 December, 2015
  4. Irakli Abashidze (Red.): Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1986
  5. Shkhara, Russia/Georgia Peakbagger.com
  6. Jangi-Tau, Russia/Georgia Peakbagger.com
  7. Gora Kazbek, Russia/Georgia Peakbagger.com
  8. Tetnuld, Georgia Peakbagger.com
  9. Gora Ushba, Georgia Peakbagger.com
  10. "List of mountains in Georgia (country)". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  11. Gora Tebulosmta, Georgia/Russia Peakbagger.com
  12. Mtatsminda Mountain, Georgia Peakbagger.com
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