Tavkvetili
Sign in to saveMount Tavkvetili () is a volcanic mountain in the northern part of the Abul-Samsari Range in the Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli region of Southern Georgia. It is also known as Gora Tavk'vetili and Mta Tavk'vetili. The elevation of the mountain is above sea level and is the 323rd highest mountain in Georgia. The mountain has the shape of a decapitated cone and is composed of young andesitic and andesitic-dacitic lavas. The lower slopes of Mount Tavkvetili are covered by subalpine meadows while the upper slopes are covered by alpine meadows.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Tavkvetiliთავკვეთილი
- Mountain.photo
- Mt Tavkvetili (view from Tabatskuri) 1.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Tavkvetili seen from the village of Tabatskuri
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2,583
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 8—18 ka ago
- Mountain.location
- Georgia
- Mountain.range
- Abul-Samsari Range
- Mountain.map
- Samtskhe-Javakheti#Georgia
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location of Mount Tavkvetili between Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.age
- Late Pleistocene
- Mountain.geology
- Andesite and dacite
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Kvemo Kartli
- Elevation
- 2583
- Image
- Mt Tavkvetili (view from Tabatskuri) 1.jpg
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- Samsari Range
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Mount Tavkvetili () is a volcanic mountain in the northern part of the Abul-Samsari Range in the Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli region of Southern Georgia. It is also known as Gora Tavk'vetili and Mta Tavk'vetili. The elevation of the mountain is above sea level and is the 323rd highest mountain in Georgia. The mountain has the shape of a decapitated cone and is composed of young andesitic and andesitic-dacitic lavas. The lower slopes of Mount Tavkvetili are covered by subalpine meadows while the upper slopes are covered by alpine meadows.
== Natural disasters == Mount Tavkvetili has destructive earthquakes around once every 50 years that rank over a 7 on the Richter magnitude scale.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tavkvetili” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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