Mount Agepsta

Mount Agepsta
Agepsta from Aibga Ridge
Highest point
Elevation 3,357 m (11,014 ft)[1]
Geography
Mount Agepsta
Location of the mountain
Location Abkhazia (Georgia)
Parent range Gagra Range

Mount Agepsta (Georgian: აგეფსთა, Abkhazian: Аҕьаҧсҭа, Agh'aphstha) is a mountain in the Gagra Range of the Caucasus Mountains System. It is located in Abkhazia, Georgia.

The summit is 3,357 m (11,014 ft) above sea level in elevation.

Ecology

The slopes of Mount Agepsta, up to an elevation of 1,700–1,800 m (5,577–5,906 ft), are forested in Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana) and Oriental Beech (Fagus orientalis) forests. They are in the Caucasus mixed forests ecoregion of the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome.

Higher elevations on the mountain have alpine meadows. The highest elevations near the summit have small glaciers.

See also

  • Mountains of the Caucasus
  • Mountain ranges of the Caucasus

References

  1. "Mount Agepsta – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering". Mountain-Forecast.com. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

Coordinates: 43°32′54″N 40°28′50″E / 43.548330°N 40.480560°E / 43.548330; 40.480560

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