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Pankisi Gorge

Floor525 m1,722 ft

Depth: 966 m
Rim: 1,687 m
Length: 20.4 km
Tonight: 3°CFair · Wind 4 km/h N

Pankisi Gorge is up to 966 m deep: the rim reaches 1,687 m and the floor 525 m, along 20.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 525 m

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Pankisi Gorge 3D map

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Topographic map

Pankisi Gorge topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Pankisi Gorge elevation profile

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Print & wall

JPGPankisi Gorge satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-23.

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Depth

Depth of Pankisi Gorge

Up to 966 m deep (typically 417 m) along the 20.4 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Pankisi Gorge weather

Tonight · Fair · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 4 km/h N

Pankisi Gorge forecast for about 1,687 m.

Tonight3°–4 km/h N
Today2°10°–8 km/h S
Sun3°7°0.8 mm7 km/h SW
Mon4°9°–7 km/h SE
Tue2°8°–3 km/h NW
Wed4°8°–4 km/h NW
Thu5°8°7.6 mm7 km/h W
Fri4°7°2.8 mm5 km/h W
Sat0°12°0.4 mm5 km/h N
Sun3°12°0.1 mm4 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 17.5 × 17.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

34.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

47.8%

Steep, 30–45°

17.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 17.4% of the 306 km² view
Relief in view: 1,427 m low point 425 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 78.4%Grassland 9.7%Cropland 8.6%Shrubland 1.3%Built-up 1.2%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Pankisi Gorge sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Turtle Lake687 m65 km SW

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-23)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia