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
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of
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
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Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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) and
Kabardino-Balkaria
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik ...
(
Russia
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). The elevation of the mountain is .
Pik Schota Rustaveli, Russia/Georgia
Peakbagger.com ''Shota Rustaveli'' is generally considered to be the 9th highest peak of the Caucasus. The slopes of the mountain are glaciated
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and some of the glaciers descend well into the adjacent valleys. Its name comes from famous Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli
Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of ...
.
References
Mountains of Georgia (country)
Georgia (country)–Russia border
Mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria
Four-thousanders of the Caucasus
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