Gistola
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Gistola is a peak in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range
in Svaneti
, Georgia
. The elevation of the mountain is 4860 m (15,944.9 ft) above sea level. The mountain is made up of paleozoic
granites. The slopes of Gistola are covered with ice.
Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus region .The Caucasus Mountains includes:* the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and* the Lesser Caucasus Mountains....
in 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 :...
, 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 elevation of the mountain is 4860 m (15,944.9 ft) above sea level. The mountain is made up of paleozoic
Paleozoic
The Paleozoic era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from roughly...
granites. The slopes of Gistola are covered with ice.