Belalakaya
| Belalakaya | ||
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 The Belalakaja from the north |
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| height | 3861 m | |
| location | Karachay-Cherkessia , Russia | |
| Mountains | Caucasus | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 15 '54 " N , 41 ° 35' 5" E | |
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The Belalakaja ( Russian Белалакая , which means as much as Striped Rock , English transcribed Belalakaya ) is a 3861 m high mountain in the Russian Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia . Because of its shape it is also called the Matterhorn of the Caucasus .
The mountain with a glacier named after him ( Lednik Belalakaja ) on the east side is three kilometers southwest of the small winter sports resort Dombai near the border with Georgia . It owes its name to several strips of white quartz up to 50 meters wide on its rock faces.
The west wall has a height of 700 meters, the northeast wall one of 1000 meters.
Web links
Commons : Belalakaja - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Dombai Info (Russian)
- Gora Belalakaya on geographic.org
- Panoramic photo (from the south)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
