Gistola ( ka, გისტოლა) is a peak in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range on

Georgia–Russia border The Georgia–Russia border is the state border between Georgia and Russia. It is ''de jure'' 894 km (556 mi) in length and runs from the Black Sea coast in the west and then along the Greater Caucasus Mountains to the tripoint with Azerba ...

. The elevation of the mountain is above sea level. The mountain is made up of

paleozoic The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. The name ''Paleozoic'' ( ;) was coined by the British geologist Adam Sedgwick in 1838 by combining the Greek words ''palaiós'' (, "old") and ' ...

granites. The slopes of Gistola are covered with ice.

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* ''Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.'' 1978. Book 3. p. 172. Mountains of Georgia (country) Svaneti Four-thousanders of the Caucasus {{georgia-geo-stub

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