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.
- Type: Gorge with an elevation of 612 metres
- Description: gorge in Georgia
- Also known as: “Opération Enduring Freedom - Pankisi Gorge”, “Pankisi Gorge”, “Pankisi Valley”, “Pankisi-Schlucht”, “Pankisi-Tal”, “Pankisis kheoba”, “Pankisis xeoba”, “Pankisischlucht”, “Pankisital”, “Pankissi”, “Pankissi-Schlucht”, “Pankissischlucht”, “Pankissital”, “Pankisskoe ushchelʹe”, “Pankisskoye Ushchel’ye”, “Vallee du Pankissi”, “Панкиси”, “Панкиското дефиле”, “Панкисы ком”, “Пъанкъис”, “נקיק פנקיסי”, “ערוץ פנקיסי”, “פנקיסי גורגה”, and “פַּנְקִיסִיס חֶאוֹבָּה”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvareltskali and Duisi.
Pankisi
Latitude
42.135° or 42° 8′ 6″ north
Longitude
45.28583° or 45° 17′ 9″ east
Elevation
612 metres (2,008 feet)
Open location code
8HJ747MP+X8
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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”
- Cebuano: “Pankisis Kheoba”
- Chechen: “ПӀаьнгаз”
- Dutch: “Pankisivallei”
- Estonian: “Pankisi kuru”
- French: “Vallée de Pankissi”
- French: “vallée du Pankissi”
- Georgian: “პანკისის ხეობა”
- German: “Pankissi-Tal”
- Hebrew: “פנקיסי”
- Hungarian: “Pankiszi-szoros”
- Italian: “Valle del Pankisi”
- Japanese: “パンキシ渓谷”
- Malayalam: “പങ്കിസി”
- Mingrelian: “პანკისიშ ლეხერი”
- Ossetian: “Пъанкъисы ком”
- Persian: “پانکیسی”
- Polish: “Wąwóz Pankisi”
- Russian: “Панкисское ущелье”
- Spanish: “Garganta de Pankisi”
- Swedish: “Pankisidalen”
- Turkish: “Pankisi Vadisi”
- Ukrainian: “Панкіська ущелина”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Q’varelts’q’ali and Kutsakhta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Did-Askiliani and Goristavi.
Georgia: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: South Ossetia and Tbilisi.
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