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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Gorge with an elevation of 1,342 metres
- 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”, and “Portae Caspiae”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dariali HPP and Ermolov Stone.
Dariali HPP
Industrial building
Photo: Karel61, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dariali Hydropower Plant, referred to as Dariali HPP, is a 108 MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant built in 2017 in Georgia. It is located on the Tergi River in Kazbegi Municipality, at less than 1 km from the Russian-Georgian border, 160 km far from Tbilisi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gveleti and Verkhniy Lars.
Gveleti
Hamlet
Photo: პაატა შ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gveleti is a village in the Kazbegi Municipality of Georgia. It is located in the Darial Gorge, on the right bank of the Devdaraki, 4 km from the border with Russia. Gelatĕ was founded by the Ingush clan Gelatkhoy.
Darial Gorge
- Categories: canyon, border crossing, ravine, and landform
- Location: Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
42.73622° or 42° 44′ 10″ northLongitude
44.63667° or 44° 38′ 12″ eastElevation
1,342 metres (4,403 feet)Open location code
8HJ6PJPP+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2705926994OpenStreetMap feature
natural=gorge
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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
Explore places such as Nizhniy Lars and Gergeti.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mtavarangelozi Monastery and Border Crossing Point ‘Dariali’.
Georgia: Must-Visit Destinations
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