See also:

• KASBEK (Georgian, Mkin-vari; Ossetian, Urs-khokh)

KASBEK (Georgian, Mkin-vari; Ossetian, Urs-khokh)  , one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief summits of the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, situated in 42° 42' N. and 44 30' E., 7 M. as the See also:

• CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

crow flies from a station of the same name on the high road to See also:

• TIFLIS

Tiflis . Its See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude is 16,545 ft . It rises on the range which runs See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main range (main See also:

• WATER

water-parting), and which is pierced by the See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

gorges of the Ardon and the See also:

• TEREK

Terek . It represents an See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano, built up of See also:

• TRACHYTE (Gr. rpaxus, rough)

trachyte and sheathed with See also:

• LAVA

lava, and has the shape of a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone, whose See also:

• BASE

base lies at an altitude of 5800 ft . Owing to the steepness of its slopes, its eight glaciers See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover an aggregate See also:

• SURFACE

surface of not more than 8 sq. m., though one of them, Maliev, is 36 m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . The best-known See also:

• GLACIER
• GLACIER (adopted from the French; from glace, ice, Lat. glacies)

glacier is the Dyevdorak, or Devdorak, which creeps down the north-eastern slope into a See also:

• GORGE

gorge of the same name, reaching a level of 7530 ft . At its eastern See also:

• FOOT

foot runs the Georgian military road through the pass of See also:

• DARIAL

Darial (7805 ft.) . The See also:

• SUMMIT

summit was first climbed in 1868 by D . W . Freshfield, A . W . See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore, and C .

See also:

• TUCKER, ABRAHAM (1705-1774)
• TUCKER, JOSIAH (1712-1799)

Tucker, with a Swiss See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide . Several successful ascents have been made since, the most valuable in scientific results being that of Pastukhov (1889) and that of G . Merzbacher and L . Purtscheller in 1890 . See also:

• KASBEK (Georgian, Mkin-vari; Ossetian, Urs-khokh)

Kasbek has a See also:

• GREAT

great literature, and has See also:

• LEFT

left a deep See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark in See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• POETRY

poetry . See D . W . Freshfield in Proc . Geog . See also:

• SOC

Soc . (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1888) and The Exploration of the Caucasus (2nd ed., 2 vois., 1902) ; Hatisian's " Kazbek Glaciers " in Izvestia Russ . Geog .

Soc . (See also:

• XXIV

xxiv., 1888); Pastukhov in Izvestia of the Caucasus See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

Branch of Russ . Geog . Soc . (x . 1, 1891, with large-See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map) .