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Yerevan
Gyumri
Spitak
Armavir
Alaverdi
Makhachkala
Grozny
Vladikavkaz
Gori
Telavi
Rustavi
Kutaisi
Mestia
Bakuriani
Gudauri
Akhaltsikhe
Magas
Nalchik
Vanadzor
Sukhumi
Ganja
Mingachevir
Shaki
Goris
Kapan
Sumgayit
Guba
Neftchala
Lankaran
Baku
Tbilisi
Nakhchyvan
Batumi
Kars
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Abkhazia
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Shkhara
Goderdzi
2025
5068
Aragats
Shiraki
Valley
4090
3597
Ararat
5165
Elbrus
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Map by Manana Kurtubadze, GRID-Arendal, 2015.
Goderdzi
2025
Aragats
4090
100 km
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Physical map of the South Caucasus