Rikoti Pass

{{Short description|Mountain pass in Georgia}}

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|elevation_m=996

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|location=Georgia

|range=Likhi Range

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|native_name={{lang-ka|რიკოთის უღელტეხილი}}

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The Rikoti Pass ({{lang-ka|რიკოთის უღელტეხილი}}) (el. {{convert|996|m|ft|disp=or}}) is a mountain pass in the southern portion of the Likhi Range, a spur of the Greater Caucasus which divides Georgia into its western and eastern parts. The Tbilisi-Kutaisi highway connecting the two major cities of Georgia runs through the pass via a rock-cut tunnel of {{convert|1,722|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length, which was constructed in 1982.[http://www.privatization.ge/spp/spp/news_view.php?lang=en&action=article&news_id=48 Rikoti pass automobile tunnel to be granted on 20 years- term lease] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721030005/http://www.privatization.ge/spp/spp/news_view.php?lang=en&action=article&news_id=48 |date=2011-07-21 }}. Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. Retrieved on April 17, 2008.