Darial Gorge
The Darial Gorge is a river gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia. It is at the east base of Mount Kazbek, south of present-day Vladikavkaz. The gorge was carved by the river Terek, and is approximately 13 kilometres long.
- Gorge with an elevation of 1,342 metres (4,403 feet)
- Description: mountain gorge
- Also known as“Caucasian Gates”“Dar’yal’skoye Ushchel’ye”“Dariel Gorge”“Daryál Gorge”“Gate of the Alani”“Pass of Dariel”“Porta Caucasica”“Portae Caspiae”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dariali HPP and Ermolov Stone.
Ermolov Stone
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gveleti and Verkhniy Lars.
Verkhniy Lars
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Darial Gorge
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Latitude
42.73622° or 42° 44′ 10″ north
Longitude
44.63667° or 44° 38′ 12″ east
Open location code
8HJ6PJPP+FM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Darial Gorge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مضيق الداريال”
- Arabic: “مضيق داريال”
- Armenian: “Ալանաց դուռ”
- Armenian: “Դարիալի կիրճ”
- Azerbaijani: “Daryal keçidi”
- Azerbaijani: “Dəryal keçidi”
- Belarusian: “Дар’яльская цясніна”
- Bengali: “দারিয়াল গিরিখাত”
- Catalan: “Bab al-Alan”
- Catalan: “Coll de Darial”
- Catalan: “Congost de Darial”
- Catalan: “Darial”
- Catalan: “Dariali”
- Catalan: “Dariyel”
- Catalan: “Daryal”
- Catalan: “Gorja de Darial”
- Catalan: “Pas de Darial”
- Catalan: “Porta dels Alans”
- Cebuano: “Darialis Kheoba”
- Chechen: “Теркан чӀаж”
- Chinese: “達裏爾山谷”
- Chinese: “達里奧爾峽谷”
- Chinese: “達里爾山谷”
- Czech: “Darialská soutěska”
- Czech: “Darialský průsmyk”
- Danish: “Darialkløften”
- Dutch: “Darjalkloof”
- Esperanto: “Darial-trapasejo”
- French: “Col de Darial”
- French: “Défilé de Darial”
- French: “Gorges de Darial”
- French: “Passe de Darial”
- Georgian: “Darialis Kheoba”
- Georgian: “ალანთა კარი”
- Georgian: “არაგვის კარი”
- Georgian: “დარიალი”
- Georgian: “დარიალის ხეობა”
- German: “Darialschlucht”
- German: “Darielpass”
- German: “Darielschlucht”
- German: “Porta Caucasi”
- Greek: “Νταριαλί”
- Greek: “Φαράγγι του Νταριάλ”
- Hebrew: “מעבר דריאל”
- Hebrew: “נקיק דריאל”
- Hebrew: “ערוץ דריאל”
- Hungarian: “Darjal-szoros”
- Ingush: “ДӀаараял”
- Italian: “passo di Darial”
- Italian: “Passo di Darial”
- Japanese: “ダリアリ渓谷”
- Japanese: “ダリアル渓谷”
- Japanese: “ダリエル渓谷”
- Latin: “Caucasiae portae”
- Latvian: “Dariali aiza”
- Lithuanian: “Darjalo tarpeklis”
- Macedonian: “Дарјалска Клисура”
- Ossetian: “Арвы ком”
- Ossetian: “Арвыком”
- Ossetian: “Дайран”
- Ossetian: “Дайраны ком”
- Persian: “داریال”
- Persian: “در آلان”
- Persian: “در الان”
- Persian: “دریال”
- Polish: “Wąwóz Darialski”
- Russian: “Аланские ворота”
- Russian: “Баб-аль-алан”
- Russian: “Ворота Кавказа”
- Russian: “Дар-и-алан”
- Russian: “Даргали”
- Russian: “Даргани”
- Russian: “Дариалани”
- Russian: “Дариальскани”
- Russian: “Дариан”
- Russian: “Дарьяльский перевал”
- Russian: “Дарьяльский проход”
- Russian: “Дарьяльское ущелье”
- Russian: “Дарьяльское Ущелье”
- Russian: “Кавказские ворота”
- Russian: “Раль-ани”
- Russian: “Сарматские ворота”
- Russian: “Хевис-кари (ворота ущелья)”
- Slovenian: “Darial”
- Slovenian: “Darialska soteska”
- Spanish: “Desfiladero de Darial”
- Swedish: “Darialravinen”
- Tamil: “தெரியல் சியார்சு”
- Turkish: “Daryal Boğazı”
- Turkish: “Daryal Geçidi”
- Ukrainian: “Дар’яльська ущелина”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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