Mount Kazbek
Elevation	5,047 metres (16,558 feet)
Location	Georgia
Range	Caucasus
Coordinates	42°42′N, 44°31′E
Type	Stratovolcano (dormant)
Last eruption	approx. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys This article is about the terrestrial Eurasian mountain range A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Mountains can be characterized in several ways Some mountains are Volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history A stratovolcano, also called a composite volcano is a tall conical Volcano composed of many layers of hardened Lava, Tephra, and Volcanic Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the 750 BC
First ascent	1868 by Douglas Freshfield, A. W. Moore and C. In Climbing, a first ascent (FA is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a Mountain, or the first to follow a particular Climbing route Douglas William Freshfield ( London, April 27, 1845 – February 9, 1934) was a British lawyer Adolphus Warburton Moore (known generally as A W Moore) (1841 – 1887 was a British Civil servant and Mountaineer. C. Tucker
Easiest route	basic snow/ice climb

Mount Kazbek (Georgian: მყინვარწვერი, Mqinvartsveri), is a volcano and one of the chief mountains of the Caucasus. A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a Mountain, rock or ice wall Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East It is located in Georgia near the border between Georgia and Russia, dominating the town of Stepantsminda. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Stepantsminda (სტეფანწმინდა formerly Kazbegi, ყაზბეგი is a small town in the Khevi region of northern Georgia. It is the third highest mountain in Georgia (after Mount Shkhara and Janga) and the seventh highest peak in the Caucasus Mountains. Shkhara (შხარა Шхара is the highest point in the nation of Georgia. Janga or Jangi-Tau is a summit in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range. Georgians call the mountain Mqinvari meaning "glacier" or "Ice Mountain". "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period.

Kazbek is located on the Khokh Range, a mountain range which runs north of the Greater Caucasus Range, and which is pierced by the gorges of the Ardon and the Terek. The Khokh Range is a Mountain range in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia. Greater Caucasus (Большой Кавказ Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz Dağları sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major" "Big Caucasus" or "Large The Terek River (Терек თერგი Tergi; Терек Terek, Chechen, Терк Terk) is a major River in the The mountain itself lies along the edge of the Borjomi-Kazbegi Fault (which is a northern sub-ending of the Anatolian Fault). The region is highly active tectonically, with numerous small earthquakes occurring at regular intervals. Plate tectonics (from Greek τέκτων tektōn "builder" or "mason" describes the large scale motions of Earth 's Lithosphere An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer An active geothermal/hot spring system also surrounds the mountain. In Geology, geothermal refers to heat sources within the planet A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated Groundwater from the earth's crust. Kazbek represents a dormant volcano, built up of trachyte and sheathed with lava, and has the shape of a double cone, whose base lies at an altitude of 1,770m (5,800 ft). Trachyte is an Igneous, Volcanic rock with an Aphanitic to Porphyritic texture Lava is molten rock expelled by a Volcano during an eruption When first expelled from a volcanic vent it is a Liquid at Temperatures Kazbek is the highest of the volcanic cones of the Kazbegi volcanic group which also includes Mount Khabarjina (3142 metres). Stepantsminda (სტეფანწმინდა formerly Kazbegi, ყაზბეგი is a small town in the Khevi region of northern Georgia. Mount Khabarjina is a Mountain and Volcano in the Caucasus of Georgia.

Owing to the steepness of its slopes, the glaciers of Kazbek are not very large. The total combined area of all of Kazbek's glaciers is 135 km². The best-known glacier is the Dyevdorak (Devdaraki), which creeps down the north-eastern slope into a gorge of the same name, reaching a level of 2,295m (7,530 ft). Kazbek's other glaciers include the Mna, Denkara, Gergeti, Abano and Chata. The recent collapse of the Kolka Glacier, located in a valley between Mt. Kolka Glacier is a Glacier in North Ossetia, Russia, near Mount Kazbek, known for its surging properties Jimara and Kazbek in 2002 was attributed to sulphuric volcanic activity along the northern slope of the mountain, although there was no eruption. Jimara ( Jimaray-Khokh) is a summit in the Kazbegi District of Georgia. Sulfur or sulphur (ˈsʌlfɚ see spelling below) is the Chemical element that has the Atomic number 16 At its eastern foot runs the Georgian Military Road through the pass of Darial 2,378m (7805 ft). The Georgian Military Road (Военно-Грузинская дорога doroga'' and ( საქართველოს სამხედრო გზა samkhedro gza'' is the The Darial Gorge (Дарьял დარიალის ხეობა Darielis Kheoba) is the gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia.

19th-century postcard of the Georgian Military Road near Mount Kazbek

The summit was first climbed in 1868 by D. The Georgian Military Road (Военно-Грузинская дорога doroga'' and ( საქართველოს სამხედრო გზა samkhedro gza'' is the W. Freshfield, A. W. Moore, and C. Tucker, with a Swiss guide.

External links

• Kazbek on Peakware - photos

See also

• Volcanic Seven Summits

Image gallery

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