Pseashkho [1] ( Pseashkha ) - a mountain range in the Western Caucasus , 20 km from the village of Krasnaya Polyana , in the upper reaches of the rivers Urushten , Malaya Laba , Psluh , on the territory of the Caucasian Natural Biosphere Reserve . Refers to the Main Caucasus Range .
| Pseashkho | |
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 View of the Pseashkho massif from the Kholodny camp | |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 3256 m |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Krasnodar region |
| Mountain system | Western caucasus |
The toponym “Pseashkho” is translated from Adyghe as “high-water mountain” ( Adyghe. Dogs - water and Adyghe. Shkh - head, top [2] ), apparently, due to the fact that several rivers fed on the slopes of the massif glaciers . [3]
Geographical features
The Pseashkho massif is bounded from the west by the trough valley with the Pseashkho pass (2014 m). This valley, with a length of about five kilometers SO-SW and a width of about 500 m, was developed by an ancient glacier. The longitudinal slope of the valley is so small that the passage of the Pseashkho pass is imperceptible.
Through this pass there is an accessible route from the north from Psebay through the Main Caucasian Range to the south. It was this way in 1835 that the Russian officer Baron Fyodor Tornau entered from the northern spurs of the Caucasus Range for reconnaissance in Kbaade (the old name of the village of Krasnaya Polyana ) and further south to the Black Sea to the area of the future Adler . [four]
From the south-west, the Pseashkho massif is bounded by the Pslukh river valley, from the east by the Malaya Laba and Chistaya river valleys, from the north by the Kholodnaya and Mramornaya river valleys. The southern end of the massif can be considered the Aishkha pass (2401 m), the northern - the Marble pass (about 2800 m).
Mountain Orography
The Pseashkho massif is a complex mountain junction with ridges of different directions and peaks from 2500 m. The following peaks are distinguished in the main massif: [3] Northern Pseashkho (3256.9 m) - the main peak of the massif; Southern Pseashkho (3251.2 m) Nodal (3196 m) Sugar Pseashkho (Sugar Loaf) (3188.9 m) Western Pseashkho (2899.8 m)
Glaciers
Pseashkho massif is interesting for its 11 glaciers . The largest of them is the Pseashkho glacier is the largest glacier of the Krasnodar Territory . A glacier of a car-valley type, 3 km long and 1.5 square meters. km To the north of the highest peak North Pseashkho is the Mramorny glacier, giving rise to the Marmara river. Also on the northern slopes is the Kholodny Glacier, from which the Kholodnaya River flows, which flows through the Urushen River a few kilometers later. The peculiarity of the glaciation of the Pseashkho massif is that the first glaciers from the south of the southern macro slope of the Greater Caucasus appear here. [3] Over the past decades, the area of glaciers is reduced.
Recreational Features
The massif of Mount Pseashkho is popular with tourists and climbers . Climbing routes of various difficulty categories from 1B to 3B are laid on individual peaks. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 386. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ A.V. Solid . The Caucasus in names, titles, legends . - Krasnodar, 2008 .-- S. 2 .-- 42 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Tarchevsky B.A. Massif of Mount Pseashkho // Local Lore of the Black Sea Region, 2005, No. 7, pp. 79-85
- ↑ Tornau F.F. Memoirs of a Caucasian officer. M .: AIRO-XX, 2000
Literature
- Tarchevsky B.A. Massif of Mount Pseashkho // Local Lore of the Black Sea Region, 2005, No. 7, pp. 79-85
- Efremov Yu. K. The paths of the mountain Black Sea −2th ed. and corrected. - Krasnodar: LLC “Quality”, 2008
Links
- Massif of Mount Pseashkho (Inaccessible link) . Archived March 16, 2014.
- Tarchevsky B.A. Pseashkho massif