Pshav-Khevsureti National Park | |
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IUCN category II (
national park) | |
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Khevsureti, village
Shatili | |
Location | ![]() |
Coordinates | 42°40′N 45°10′E / 42.66°N 45.16°E |
Area | 1,400.44 km2 (540.71 sq mi) [1] |
Established | 2014 |
Governing body | Agency of Protected Areas |
Website | National Park Info |
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park ( Georgian: ფშავ-ხევსურეთის ეროვნული პარკი) is in Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia. [1] Park has been established by direct involvement of World Wide Fund for Nature. [2] [3]
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park will help conservation of the leopard ( Panthera pardus) in the Caucasus, [4] as well as the Bezoar goat ( Capra aegagrus aegagrus), endemic East Caucasian tur ( Capra caucasica cylindricornis), brown bear, European lynx, Caucasian red deer, chamois.
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park can be reached using Tbilisi- Zhinvali- Barisakho- Shatili route. [5]
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park | |
---|---|
IUCN category II (
national park) | |
![]()
Khevsureti, village
Shatili | |
Location | ![]() |
Coordinates | 42°40′N 45°10′E / 42.66°N 45.16°E |
Area | 1,400.44 km2 (540.71 sq mi) [1] |
Established | 2014 |
Governing body | Agency of Protected Areas |
Website | National Park Info |
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park ( Georgian: ფშავ-ხევსურეთის ეროვნული პარკი) is in Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia. [1] Park has been established by direct involvement of World Wide Fund for Nature. [2] [3]
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park will help conservation of the leopard ( Panthera pardus) in the Caucasus, [4] as well as the Bezoar goat ( Capra aegagrus aegagrus), endemic East Caucasian tur ( Capra caucasica cylindricornis), brown bear, European lynx, Caucasian red deer, chamois.
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park can be reached using Tbilisi- Zhinvali- Barisakho- Shatili route. [5]