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English: Rare, small-scale (about 600 metres (2,000 ft) in diameter), ancient glacial erosion cirque with high-altitude lake (2,730 metres (8,960 ft) a. s. l.) and rock formation (300 metres (980 ft) prominence) on one side. Abishira-Akhuba Ridge, Karachay-Cherkessia, Western Caucasus, Russia.
Русский: Озеро Мылгвал (Подскальное). Горные озерные цирки хребта Абишира-Ахуба. Дивная первозданная красота: острые скалистые вершины, цирки, кары, карсты, узкие глубокие ущелья, расчлененные плато. Кавказские горы. Карачаево-Черкесия, Западный Кавказ, Россия.
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Author Vyacheslav Argenberg
Camera location43° 35′ 55.88″ N, 41° 10′ 16.66″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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Mountain cirque with lake and rock formation. Caucasus Mountains.

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2 August 2014

coordinates of the point of view

43°35'55.878"N, 41°10'16.662"E

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0.003125 second

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17 millimetre

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