Madatapa Managed Reserve

Madatapa Managed Reserve (Georgian: მადათაფის ტბის აღკვეთილი) is a protected area in Ninotsminda Municipality in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.

It protects Madatapa Lake situated in the south-eastern part of the volcanic Javakheti Plateau, at an altitude of 2108 m above sea level.

[3] Madatapa Lake is one of the most important in Georgia for breeding and staging waterbirds such as the endangered Dalmatian pelican.

[4] Since 2020 the Lake has been designated as a protected Ramsar site.

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Pelicans at Madatapa lake.