Janga

Janga or Jangi-Tau or Dzhangi-Tau is a summit in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range. Mountain has three peaks - the main peak Jangi-Tau with elevation above sea level 5,085 m , West Peak with elevation 5,059 m and East Peak with elevation 5,034 m Mountain lies on the border of Svaneti and Kabardino-Balkaria . The slopes of the mountain are heavily glaciated. They are most famous for the dormant volcanoes that are hidden under the ice caps.

On September 12, 1888, English climber John Garford Cockin with Swiss guides Ulrich Almer and Christian Roth, were the first to climb East Janga, who had climbed the main ridge a few days earlier, and later - Ushba and Dykh-Tau. The most difficult, 5 B category route was first traced by Georgian mountaineers . The first ascent to the main Janga also belongs to foreign climbers.

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