# Mount Akhun

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{{Short description|Mountain in Sochi, Russia}}
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| image_caption     = Mount Akhun
| elevation_m       = 663
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| location          = [Khostinsky City District](/source/Khostinsky_City_District), [Sochi](/source/Sochi), [Russia](/source/Russia)
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'''Mount Akhun''' (Ахун) is a stand-alone mountain in the [Khostinsky City District](/source/Khostinsky_City_District) of [Sochi](/source/Sochi), [Russia](/source/Russia). Wedged between the [Matsesta](/source/Matsesta_River) and [Khosta](/source/Khosta_River) rivers, this [karst](/source/karst) [massif](/source/massif) is the highest point of the Sochi littoral.

The peak of Greater Akhun is {{convert|663|m|ft|0}} above sea level.<ref name="guide"/> Its summit is marked by a 100-foot-tall [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_architecture) tower. It was built in 1936 from limestone [ashlar](/source/ashlar). The tower offers panoramic views of the [Western Caucasus](/source/Western_Caucasus) as far south as [Gagra](/source/Gagra) and [Pitsunda](/source/Pitsunda).<ref name="sochiadm">{{cite web|url=http://old.sochiadm.ru/about_the_city/attractions/detail.php?ID=10853|title=Îðëèíûå ñêàëû è âîäîïàäû âñåãî Àãóðñêîãî óùåëüÿ (ñ ïîäúåìîì íà ã. Àõóí)|publisher=old.sochiadm.ru|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref> An 11-km-long serpentine road leads to the tower from the Sputnik Hotel.

Lesser Akhun rises to an elevation of {{convert|501|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. Nearby are the ruins of a medieval Christian church. The entire massif contains about 20 caves. The forests support 200 species of [higher plants](/source/higher_plants).<ref name="culttourism">{{cite web|url=http://culttourism.ru/krasnodarsky_kray/sochi/object4508.html|title=Гора Ахун и башня Большой Ахун &#124; Сочи и Красная поляна &#124; Культурный туризм|publisher=culttourism.ru|accessdate=2014-03-09}}</ref> The scenic [Eagles' Rocks](/source/Eagles'_Rocks) stretch along the right bank of the [Agura River](/source/Agura_River) toward the [Agura Falls](/source/Agura_Falls).

The mount was apparently sacred for the local [Ubykh](/source/Ubykh_people) community.<ref name="sochi2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.sochi2014.com/zritelyam-mesto-vidovaya-bashnya-na-gore-bolshoy-ahun|script-title=ru:Видовая башня на горе Большой Ахун - Зимние Олимпийские игры Сочи 2014|publisher=sochi2014.com|language=Russian|accessdate=2014-03-09|archive-date=2014-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309105624/http://www.sochi2014.com/zritelyam-mesto-vidovaya-bashnya-na-gore-bolshoy-ahun|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its name translates from the Ubykh dialect as "the mountain giant".<ref name="guide">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFR0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT85|title=My Olympic Sochi: Travel Guide|author=Zdobnova, Marina|year=2013|accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref>

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Image:View from the top of Akhun mountain.JPG|View from the top
File:Tower on the Akhun mountain.JPG|The Akhun Tower
<!--File:On the way to Akhun mountain.JPG|Statues of a man and a [tiger](/source/tiger). The type of tiger that inhabited the region of the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea) was ''[Panthera tigris virgata](/source/Panthera_tigris_virgata)'',<ref name=Geptner1972>Geptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972). ''Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza.'' Vysšaia Škola, Moskva. (In Russian; English translation: Heptner, V.G., Sludskii, A. A., Komarov, A., Komorov, N.; Hoffmann, R. S. (1992). [https://archive.org/stream/mammalsofsov221992gept#page/698/mode/2up/search/cheeta ''Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea).''] Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).</ref> which was closely related to ''[Panthera tigris altaica](/source/Panthera_tigris_altaica)''.<ref name="Driscolletal2009">Driscoll, C.A., Yamaguchi, N., Kahila Bar-Gal, G., Roca, A.L., Luo, S.-J., Macdonald, D. and O’Brien, S. J. (2009). Mitochondrial phylogeography illuminates the origin of the extinct Caspian tiger and its relationship to the Amur tiger. PLoS ONE 4: 1–8.</ref>-->
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