Donets Ridge

The Donets Ridge^[1] is a highland that is the highest north-eastern part of the Donets upland. The ridge is in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of Ukraine and partially in the Rostov Oblast of 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.^{[citation needed]}

Name

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

References

1. "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