Mount Laila, Lahili ( ka, ლაჰილი), Lailchala ( ka, ლაილჭალა) also known as Lahla, is the highest peak of the

Svaneti Range Svaneti Range ( ka, სვანეთის ქედი) is an 85 km long sub-mountain range of the Greater Caucasus, in the Svaneti region of Georgia, located south of the main Caucasus ridge in a west–east direction.Devdariani G., Geor ...

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. The elevation of the summit is above sea level. Lahili's geological makeup mostly consists of Upper Palaeozoic-Triassic

quartzite Quartzite is a hard, non- foliated metamorphic rock that was originally pure quartz sandstone.Essentials of Geology, 3rd Edition, Stephen Marshak, p 182 Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tecton ...

metamorphic rock Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism. The original rock ( protolith) is subjected to temperatures greater than and, often, elevated pressure of or more, caus ...

and

sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...

. The mountain is covered by snow and ice. The northern slope of the summit contains several valley glaciers; notably, the Lahili Glacier descends from the summit down to an elevation of above sea level.''Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.'' 1983. Book 6. p. 151.

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