Bzipi Range
For other uses, see Bzipi (disambiguation).
A place where the Gagra Range comes most closely to the Bzipi Range is called Stone Sack and is a popular tourist attraction. One can see mountains of both ranges overhead. This is a view from the Stone Sack to the lower stream of the Bzipi River.
Bzipi Range (Abkhaz: Агеишьха, Ageish'kha; Georgian: ბზიფის ქედი) is a mountain range in Abkhazia on the southern slope of the western part of Greater Caucasus.
The Bzipi Range's length is about 50 km and elevation is up to 3,033 m, it is made mainly of limestone with pronounced karst landscape. It is bounded by the valley of the Bzipi River from the north and west and partially by the valley of Kelasuri River, which separates it from the Abkhaz Range.
One of the attractions is the Snowy Cave (ru:Пещера Снежная), the most speleologically complex in the whole former Soviet Union.
Coordinates: 43°20′13″N 40°35′17″E / 43.33694°N 40.58806°E
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