Janga (mountain)

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Janga ([dʒanɣa]) or Jangi-Tau (Karachay-Balkar, Cañı taw, lit. 'new mountain') or Dzhangi-Tau (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 5,085 m (16, 683 ft), West Peak with elevation 5,059 m (16, 598 ft) and East Peak with elevation 5,034 m (16, 516 ft) Mountain lies on the border of Svaneti (Georgia) and Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia). The slopes of the mountain are heavily glaciated.

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