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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JUN-KHA |
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KASBEK (Georgian, Mkin-vari; Ossetian, Urs-khokh) , one of the chief
crow flies from a station of the same name on the high road to Tiflis
Terek
extinct
double
cone
long . The best-known glacier is the Dyevdorak, or Devdorak, which creeps down the north-eastern slope into a gorge of the same name, reaching a level of 7530 ft. At its eastern foot runs the Georgian military road through the pass of Darial (7805 ft.). The summit was first climbed in 1868 by D. W. Freshfield, A. W. Moore, and C. Tucker , with a Swiss guide. Several successful ascents have been made since, the most valuable in scientific results being that of Pastukhov (1889) and that of G. Merzbacher and L. Purtscheller in 1890. Kasbek has a great
See D. W. Freshfield in Proc. Geog. Soc. (November 1888) and The Exploration of the Caucasus (2nd ed., 2 vois., 1902) ; Hatisian's " Kazbek Glaciers " in Izvestia Russ. Geog. Soc. (xxiv., 1888); Pastukhov in Izvestia of the Caucasus Branch of Russ. Geog. Soc. (x. 1, 1891, with large-scale map). End of Article: KASBEK (Georgian, Mkin-vari; Ossetian, Urs-khokh) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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