Bzyb Range

Bzyb Mountain Range[1] (Georgian: ბზიფის ქედი, bzipis kedi; Abkhaz: Агеишьха, Ageish'kha) is a mountain range in Abkhazia, Georgia on the southern slope of the western part of Greater Caucasus.

The Bzyb Range's length is about 50 km and elevation is up to 3,033 m, it is made mainly of limestone with pronounced karst landscape.

From the north and west it is delimited by the Bzyb river valley, from the east - by a slight depression behind the mountain Himsa (Amtkel pass) and the river valley Amtkeli, delimiting it from Abkhaz Range.

The northern slope of the ridge is steep, the southern slope is gentle and is divided into separate spur and river valleys of Hipsta, Aapsta, Western Gumista, Eastern Gumista, Kelasuri.

One of the attractions is the Snezhnaya (Snowy) Cave [ru], the most speleologically complex in the whole former Soviet Union.

A place where the Gagra Range comes most closely to the Bzyb Range is called Stone Sack and is a popular tourist attraction. One can see mountains of both ranges overhead. This is a view from the Stone Sack to the lower stream of the Bzyb River .