Donets Ridge

Donets ridge in Ukraine

Donets ridge is a highland that is the highest northeastern part of the Donets upland. The ridge is located within the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts and partially the Rostov Oblast (Russia). The highest point of the ridge is a hill Mohyla Mechetna 367 m (1,204 ft). Another hill Savur-Mohyla (278 m (912 ft)) became noted during the War in Donbass.

Name

The name derives from the river Seversky (Siversky) Donets. Sometimes erroneously the ridge is interpreted as Donetsk ridge.

References

External links

Donets Ridge at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia

Coordinates: 48°20′00″N 39°00′00″E / 48.3333°N 39.0000°E / 48.3333; 39.0000

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