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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Western Caucasus is about 50 km north-east of Sochi. The nearest other World Heritage site is Upper Svaneti, about 270 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Sochi · about 328,000 peopleabout 50 km south-west
  • Apsheronsk · about 46,000 peopleabout 55 km north
  • Maykop · about 158,000 peopleabout 70 km north
  • Tuapse · about 99,000 peopleabout 75 km west
  • Labinsk · about 62,000 peopleabout 90 km north-east
  • Sukhumi · about 82,000 peopleabout 140 km south-east
Western CaucasusKrasnodarStavropolSochiNovorossiyskArmavirMaykopNevinnomysskKislovodskCherkesskTuapseSukhumiLabinsk50 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context, and the dashed circle is the size of the site's area.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Western Caucasus and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesUpper Svaneti1Gelati Monastery2Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands3Historical Monuments of Mtskheta4Ani5Western Caucasus
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.
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Ani

TürkiyeCultural487 km away

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