Mount Kazbek

Mtskheta-Mtianeti · Georgia

Mount Kazbek, Georgia
Photo: Jaba1977, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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June to September
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A glaciated volcanic cone in the eastern Caucasus, steeped in Georgian legend as the place where a Prometheus-like hero was chained. The medieval Gergeti Trinity Church stands on a hill directly beneath its icy summit.

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