Donets Ridge

The Donets Ridge[1] is a highland that is the highest northeastern part of the Donets upland. The ridge is located within the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts and is partially in the Rostov Oblast (Russia). The highest point on the ridge is a hill — Mohyla Mechetna, 367 m (1,204 ft).

Donets ridge in Ukraine

Another hill, Savur-Mohyla (278 m (912 ft)), was a notable site in the War in Donbass.

Name

The name derives from the river Seversky (Siversky) Donets.

References

"Donets Ridge". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). The Gale Group. 1979.

External links

Donets Ridge at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia

48.3333°N 39.0000°E / 48.3333; 39.0000

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