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| Katyn-Tau | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,979 m (16,335 ft) |
| Prominence | 159 m (522 ft) |
| Isolation | 1.65 km (1.03 mi) |
| Coordinates | 43°01′47″N 43°02′11″E / 43.02972°N 43.03639°E |
| Geography | |
  Katyn-Tau Location within Georgia | |
Countries |  Georgia and  Kabardino-Balkaria |
| Parent range | Main Caucasian Range Caucasus Mountains |
Katyn-Tau (Georgian: კათინთაუ; Russian: Катын-Тау) is a summit in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range (Bezengi Wall).[1] It lies on the border of Svaneti (Mestia Municipality, Georgia) and Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia). The elevation of the mountain is 4979 m (16,335 ft) above sea level.[2] The mountain is made up of paleozoic granites. The slopes of summit are covered nival landscape.[1]
The peak was first ascended in 1888 by a team led by Henry William Holder who summited August 24 via the famously difficult Bezingi Face.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 M. Utmelidze, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V, p. 318, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1980.
- ↑ Katyn-Tau — peakbagger.com
- ↑ Freshfield, Douglas William (1896). The exploration of the Caucasus. London: E. Arnold. pp. 22–23.
- ↑ Russell, C.A. (1988–89). "One Hundred Years Ago" (PDF). The Alpine Journal. 93: 209.
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