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Kazbek or Kasbek Photo: 'Mount Kazbek (Kazbegi / Mqinvartsveri)' by Nick Russill

Mount Kazbek (Kazbegi / Mqinvartsveri)

Georgia | Kazbek or Kasbek

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The ice-covered summit rises above its broad glacier system, spilling southward into the upper Terek basin. Below, the town of Stepantsminda lies on a strikingly flat valley floor, a rare calm at the foot of one of the Caucasus’ most imposing peaks. From summit to settlement, the landscape reads vertically — volcanic mass, crevassed ice, then open alluvial plain — a textbook example of high-mountain geography in northern Georgia.

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