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Gergeti ( ka, გერგეთი; also known as Ortsveri) is a
glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
located on the southeastern slope of Mt. Kazbek in the
Kazbegi District Kazbegi ( ka, ყაზბეგის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia (country), Georgia, in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti in east-north Georgia. The main settlement is Stepantsminda, accounting for about ...
of
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. The length of the Gergeti glacier is and its surface area is . The tongue of Gergeti descends to above sea level. Most of the glacier is located within an old and eroded volcanic
caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption. An eruption that ejects large volumes of magma over a short period of time can cause significant detriment to the str ...
, where, at the edge of the caldera's northern rim, rises the cone of Mt. Kazbek. The southern rim of the caldera where the glacier descends, is bounded by Mount Ortsveri. There is a meteorological station located on the left edge of the Gergeti Glacier at an elevation of above sea level.


See also

* Glaciers of Georgia


References

* ''Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.'' 1978. Book 3. p. 99. Glaciers of Georgia (country) {{Georgia-glacier-stub