Bezengi Wall, Pitsrula ( ka, ბეზენგის კედელი; russian: link=no, Безенгийская стена, also known as the Khalde Wall) is a long
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
of the
Greater Caucasus
The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...
, in the
Svaneti
Svaneti or Svanetia (Suania in ancient sources; ka, სვანეთი ) is a historic province in the northwestern part of Georgia. It is inhabited by the Svans, an ethnic subgroup of Georgians.
Geography
Situated on the southern slop ...
region of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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region of Russia.
Highest section of the Central Caucasus. The highest point of the Bezengi Wall is high mount
Shkhara
Shkhara ( ka, შხარა) is the highest point in the nation of Georgia It is located near the Russian-Georgian border, in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region on the northern side, and the Svaneti region of Georgia in the south. Shkhara lies ...
, the highest peak of Georgia. Notable peaks include Janga (),
Katyn-Tau
Katyn-Tau ( ka, კათინთაუ; russian: Катын-Тау) is a summit in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range ( Bezengi Wall). It lies on the border of Svaneti (Mestia Municipality, Georgia) and Kabardino-Balkaria ( ...
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Shota Rustaveli Peak
Shota Rustaveli (officially known as the Shota Rustaveli Peak) ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველის მწვერვალი) is a mountain in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, straddling the border of Svane ...
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Gistola
Gistola ( ka, გისტოლა) is a peak in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range on Georgia–Russia border. The elevation of the mountain is above sea level. The mountain is made up of paleozoic
The Paleozoic (o ...
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Lalveri {{Infobox mountain
, name = Lalveri
, photo = Lyalver.jpg
, photo_caption = View from Tsaneri pass.
, elevation_m = 4350
, elevation_ref = Esenin Peak (). Bezengi Wall surrounded by ice cliffs on either side.
The geologic makeup of the mountains consists of grey
granitoids
A granitoid is a generic term for a diverse category of coarse-grained igneous rocks that consist predominantly of quartz, plagioclase, and alkali feldspar. Granitoids range from plagioclase-rich tonalites to alkali-rich syenites and from quart ...
.
Bezengi Glacier
The Bezengi Glacier ( krc, Uluchiran) is a vast valley-type glacier in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, near the northern slope of the Main Caucasian Range of the Caucasus. Klok, E. J., and J. Oerlemans. ''Climate Reconstructions Deri ...
Avalanches
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Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earth ...
The Bezengi group is a group of some of the highest mountains of the Caucasus in the central Caucasus mountains. Of the 14 mountains in the Caucasus higher than , 11 are located here. They form two large steep walls on the Russian side of the border, the Dychtau-Koshtantau ridge (Entirely in Russia) and the Bezengi wall on the border between Georgia and Russia, however the Bezengi wall is on the Russian side.
Climbing history
On August 23, 1931, three Austrians, Karl Poppinger, Karl Moldan and Sepp Schintlmeister, set out to traverse the top of the ridge from Shkara to Lalveri, a journey which was around . It was in total including the start and end locations before and after the ridges. Although many people had climbed most of the mountains along the ridge, they were the first to cover all of it and the first to cover large stretches of it. They finished their journey at the Zanner Pass.