Iverian Mountain
Iverian Mountain or Iberian Mountain is a 344-meter high hill in New Athos, Abkhazia, Georgia. There are ruins of the ancient capital of Abkhazia, Anakopia, on the mountain top.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 344 metres
- Description: mountain in the Bzyb Range, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia
- Also known as: “Gora Iverskaya”, “Iberian Mountain”, and “Mount Iverian”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anacopia Fortress and New Athos Cave.
Anacopia Fortress
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anakopia Fortress is an ancient military citadel in New Athos in the disputed Abkhazia, Georgia located some 22 km by road along the coast from Sukhumi.
New Athos Cave
Cave
Photo: WomEOS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The New Athos Cave also Novoafonskaya, Novy Afon Cave, or New Afon Cave is a karst cave in the Iverian Mountain in Abkhazia near the city of New Athos.
New Athos Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Evcamp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Athos Monastery is a monastery in New Athos, municipality of Gudauta, in a breakaway republic of Abkhazia. New Athos Monastery was founded in 1875 by monks who came from the St. Panteleimon Monastery in Mount Athos, with Mount Athos having been an important site for the Orthodox Church since 1054.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Athos and Tsukwara.
New Athos
Photo: Svetlana Grechkina, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Athos or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta Municipality of Abkhazia situated some 22 km from Sokhumi by the shores of the Black Sea. The town was previously known under the names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and Psyrtskha. New Athos Cave is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.
Abgharkhuk
Village
Photo: Prometej1210, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abgharkhuk is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Iverian Mountain.
Iverian Mountain
Latitude
43.0945° or 43° 5′ 40″ northLongitude
40.80816° or 40° 48′ 29″ eastElevation
344 metres (1,129 feet)Open location code
8HM23RV5+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 391263508OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Iverian Mountain” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Իբերիայի լեռ”
- Armenian: “Իվերիի լեռ”
- Basque: “Iveriako mendia”
- Cebuano: “Mta Iveria”
- Dutch: “Iverian Mountain”
- Georgian: “იბერიის მთა”
- Georgian: “ივერიის მთა”
- Italian: “Monte d’Iberia”
- Japanese: “イベリアン山”
- Ladin: “Mont Iverian”
- Portuguese: “Montanha Ibéria”
- Portuguese: “Monte Iverian”
- Russian: “Анакопийская гора”
- Russian: “Иверская гора”
- Spanish: “Montana de Iveria”
- Spanish: “Montaña de Iveria”
- Swedish: “Berg Iveria”
- Ukrainian: “Анакопійська гора”
- Ukrainian: “Афонська гора”
- Ukrainian: “Іверська гора”
- Venetian: “Monte d’Iberia”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nizhneye Armyanskoye Ushchele’ye and Akui.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Anacopia and Храм Св. Феодора Тирона.
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