Mount Agepsta

Mount Agepsta
Mount Agepsta
	Agepsta from Aibga Ridge
Highest point
Elevation	3,357 m (11,014 ft)
Coordinates	43°32′54″N 40°28′50″E / 43.548330°N 40.480560°ECoordinates: 43°32′54″N 40°28′50″E / 43.548330°N 40.480560°E
Geography
	Mount Agepsta Location of the mountain
Country	Georgia
Region	Abkhazia
Parent range	Gagra Range

Mount Agepsta (Georgian: აგეფსთა, romanized: agepsta, Abkhazian: Аҕьаҧсҭа, Agh'aphstha) is a mountain in the Gagra Range of the Caucasus Mountains system located in Abkhazia,^[2] Georgia.

The summit is 3,357 m (11,014 ft) above sea level in elevation.

Ecology[]

The slopes of Mount Agepsta, up to an elevation of 1,700–1,800 m (5,577–5,906 ft), are forested in Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana) and Oriental Beech (Fagus orientalis) forests. They are in the Caucasus mixed forests ecoregion of the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome.

Higher elevations on the mountain have alpine meadows. The highest elevations near the summit have small glaciers.

^ "Mount Agepsta – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering". Mountain-Forecast.com. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.

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