Mount Tavkvetili ( ka, თავკვეთილი) is a volcanic mountain in the northern part of the
Abul-Samsari Range
Samsari RangeOrthographic dictionary of geographic names of Georgian, p. 148, Tbilisi, 2009 ( ka, სამსრის ქედი) is a volcanic range in southern Georgia, to the southwest of Tbilisi. It is a part of the Highland of Southern ...
in the
Samtskhe-Javakheti region of
Southern Georgia. It is also known as Gora Tavk'vetili and Mta Tavk'vetili. The elevation of the mountain is above sea level and is the 323rd highest mountain in
Georgia
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. The mountain has the shape of a decapitated cone and is composed of young
andesitic
Andesite () is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between silica-poor basalt and silica-rich rhyolite. It is fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic in texture, and is composed predomin ...
and andesitic-dacitic lavas. The lower slopes of Mount Tavkvetili are covered by subalpine meadows while the upper slopes are covered by alpine meadows.
Natural disasters
Mount Tavkvetili has destructive earthquakes around once every 50 years that rank over a 7 on the Richter magnitude scale.
References
* ''Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.'' 1979. Book 4. p. 569.
Mountains of Georgia (country)
Volcanoes of Georgia (country)
Mountains of Samtskhe-Javakheti region
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