Pankisi
Pankisi or the Pankisi Gorge is a valley region in Georgia, in the upper reaches of River Alazani. It lies just south of Georgia’s historic region of Tusheti between Mt Borbalo and the ruined 17th-century fortress of Bakhtrioni.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Gorge with an elevation of 612 metres
- Description: gorge in Georgia
- Also known as: “Pankisi Gorge”, “Pankisi Valley”, “Pankisi-Tal”, “Pankisis kheoba”, “Pankisis xeoba”, “Pankisskoe ushchelʹe”, and “Pankisskoye Ushchel’ye”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvareltskali and Duisi.
Duisi
Village
Photo: Mikheil88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duisi is a village in Akhmeta Municipality, Georgia. It is situated in the Pankisi Gorge, on the banks of the Alazani river. It is located 640 meters above sea level and 17 kilometers from the city of Akhmeta.
Pankisi
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Pankisi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بانكيسي”
- Armenian: “Պանկիսի կիրճ”
- Azerbaijani: “Pankisi dərəsi”
- Belarusian: “Панкіская цясьніна”
- Bulgarian: “Панкиско дефиле”
- Bulgarian: “Панкиското дефиле”
- Cebuano: “Pankisis Kheoba”
- Chechen: “ПӀаьнгаз”
- Dutch: “Pankisivallei”
- Estonian: “Pankisi kuru”
- French: “Opération Enduring Freedom - Pankisi Gorge”
- French: “Pankissi”
- French: “Vallée de Pankissi”
- French: “Vallee du Pankissi”
- French: “vallée du Pankissi”
- Georgian: “პანკისის ხეობა”
- German: “Pankisi-Schlucht”
- German: “Pankisi-Tal”
- German: “Pankisi”
- German: “Pankisischlucht”
- German: “Pankisital”
- German: “Pankissi-Schlucht”
- German: “Pankissi-Tal”
- German: “Pankissi”
- German: “Pankissischlucht”
- German: “Pankissital”
- Hebrew: “נקיק פנקיסי”
- Hebrew: “ערוץ פנקיסי”
- Hebrew: “פנקיסי גורגה”
- Hebrew: “פנקיסי”
- Hebrew: “פַּנְקִיסִיס חֶאוֹבָּה”
- Hungarian: “Pankiszi-szoros”
- Italian: “Valle del Pankisi”
- Japanese: “パンキシ渓谷”
- Malayalam: “പങ്കിസി”
- Mingrelian: “პანკისიშ ლეხერი”
- Ossetian: “Панкисы ком”
- Ossetian: “Пъанкъис”
- Ossetian: “Пъанкъисы ком”
- Persian: “پانکیسی”
- Polish: “Wąwóz Pankisi”
- Russian: “Панкиси”
- Russian: “Панкисское ущелье”
- Spanish: “Garganta de Pankisi”
- Spanish: “Pankisi”
- Swedish: “Pankisidalen”
- Turkish: “Pankisi Vadisi”
- Ukrainian: “Панкіська ущелина”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Did-Askiliani and Goristavi.
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