Adishi Glacier is a valley glacier located in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in the Svaneti

Svaneti

Svaneti is a historic province in Georgia, in the northwestern part of the country. It is inhabited by the Svans, a geographic subgroup of the Georgians.- Geography :...

 Region of Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

. The glacier lies on the southern slopes of the Caucasus. The length of the Adishi Glacier is 9 km (5.6 mi) and its surface area is 12.9 km² (5 sq mi). The tongue of the glacier descends down to 2298 m (7,539.4 ft) above sea level. The glacier feeds off of the runoff and ice flows from the adjacent glaciers that are located on the southern slopes of Tetnuldi, Gistola

Gistola

Gistola is a peak in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in Svaneti, Georgia. The elevation of the mountain is above sea level. The mountain is made up of paleozoic granites. The slopes of Gistola are covered with ice.- References :...

 and Lakutsia. The Adishi Glacier is the source of the river Adishischala.