Lashkendar

Lashkendar

View of the mountain from Tkvarcheli market square
Highest point
Elevation 1,373 m (4,505 ft)
Coordinates 42°49′51″N 41°43′06″E / 42.83083°N 41.71833°E / 42.83083; 41.71833Coordinates: 42°49′51″N 41°43′06″E / 42.83083°N 41.71833°E / 42.83083; 41.71833
Geography
Lashkendar

Location in Georgia

Location Abkhazia

Lashkendar is a mountain in the Tkvarcheli district of Abkhazia.[note 1] Its main summit is 1,373 m (4,505 ft) high. The mountain is one of the seven shrines of the Abkhaz people. There are also ruins of a Christian temple on one of its lesser summits (945 m (3,100 ft)) featuring bas-reliefs of leopards (or possibly dogs). The date of its construction is disputed with estimates ranging from 7th to 11th century.[1]

Temple ruins

Notes

  1. Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.

References

  1. (Russian) А.И. Джопуа, А.Ю. Скаков, А.В. Федотова Разведки на горе Лашкендар
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