Gergeti
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Gergeti ( also known as Ortsveri) is a glacier located on the southeastern slope of Mt. Kazbek in the Kazbegi District of Georgia. The length of the Gergeti glacier is and its surface area is . The tongue of Gergeti descends to above sea level. Most of the glacier is located within an old and eroded volcanic caldera, where, at the edge of the caldera's northern rim, rises the cone of Mt. Kazbek. The southern rim of the caldera where the glacier descends, is bounded by Mount Ortsveri. There is a meteorological station located on the left edge of the Gergeti Glacier at an elevation of above sea
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Within Vinony's link graph, Gergeti is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to Georgia (country), Georgian and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in glacier, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Glaciers of Georgia (country).
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- glacier
- Part of
- Khokh Range
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti
- Area
- 11
- Image
- The massive Gergeti glacier next to Mt. Kazbek (4).jpg
- Length
- 7100
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- mountain range
- Greater Caucasus
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Gergeti ( also known as Ortsveri) is a glacier located on the southeastern slope of Mt. Kazbek in the Kazbegi District of Georgia. The length of the Gergeti glacier is and its surface area is . The tongue of Gergeti descends to above sea level. Most of the glacier is located within an old and eroded volcanic caldera, where, at the edge of the caldera's northern rim, rises the cone of Mt. Kazbek. The southern rim of the caldera where the glacier descends, is bounded by Mount Ortsveri. There is a meteorological station located on the left edge of the Gergeti Glacier at an elevation of above sea level.
==See also== Glaciers of Georgia
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gergeti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations