Katyn-Tau ( ka, კათინთაუ; ) is a

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...

in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range ( Bezengi Wall). It lies on the border of

Svaneti Svaneti (Svan language, Svan: შუ̂ან, ლემშუ̂ანიერა; ''shwan, lemshwaniera'', and Suania in ancient sources; ka, სვანეთი ) is a historic province in the northwestern part of Georgia (country), Georg ...

( Mestia Municipality, Georgia) and

Kabardino-Balkaria Kabardino-Balkaria (), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. Its capital is Nalchik. The area contains the highest mountain in ...

(Russia). The elevation of the mountain is 4979 m (16,335 ft)

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.Katyn-Tau — peakbagger.com
/ref> The mountain is made up of paleozoic granites. The slopes of summit are covered nival landscape.M. Utmelidze, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V, p. 318,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

, Georgia, 1980.

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