Жанга тауы: Кавказдың биік шыңы

Mountain in Georgia and Russia

Janga or Jangi Tau or Dzhangi Tau ( ; Lang ru, Džangi 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 , West Peak with elevation and East Peak with elevation Mountain lies on the border of Svaneti (Georgia) and Kabardino Balkaria (Russia). 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 (Russian Grading) route (south western wall) was first traced by Georgian mountaineers (Grisha Gulbani group leader Giorgi Berdzenishvili, Jokia Gugava, Sozar Gugava, Ilo Kavlashvili, Suliko Khabeishvili). The first ascent to the main Janga also belongs to foreign climbers. On July 23, 1935, they climbed the peak of the north eastern ridge (5 A category, Russian Grading ) to R. Schwarzgruber (group leader) v. Marini, f. Peringer et al. Thaler. Only one route passes through the Khalde Glacier. In 1965, Givi Kartvelishvili (group leader), Tamaz Bakanidze, Nugzar Bakradze, Besik Bakradze, Tengiz Berishvili and Dimitri Sharashenidze reached the peak of the main wall through the south wall of the USSR championship program. West Janga is the most inaccessible among the peaks of the array. It cannot be taken from the north due to "frost and avalanche" danger. There are two routes from Khalde Glacier (1960 Otar Khazaradze, 1964 I. Reformatorski).