Uzhok pass
Uzhok Pass (Ukrainian: Ужоцький перевал, Hungarian: Uzsoki-hágó) is a mountain pass in the north-eastern Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine through the Vodorazdel'nyy backbone. It located on a ridge at 889 metres (2,917 ft) high.
Uzhok Pass | |
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Ужоцький перевал | |
![]() ![]() Location of Uzhok Pass in Ukraine | |
Elevation | 889 m (2,917 ft) |
Traversed by | Rail in tunnel (and road) |
Location | Ukraine, on the border of Turka Raion and Velykyi Bereznyi Raion |
Range | Carpathians |
Coordinates | 49°00′10″N 22°53′15″E |
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Photo of a postcard that portrays Uzhok pass in Carpathians
It is located on the border of Turka Raion (Lviv Oblast) and Velykyi Bereznyi Raion (Zakarpattia Oblast), on the watershed of San River and Uzh River. The pass is also close to the Poland-Ukraine border.
In World War I, the pass was the scene of fierce fighting between the advancing Russian Army and the defending Austro-Hungarian forces in the winter of 1914–1915.
Gallery
- Hungarian soldiers in a Fiat Balilla 508 at Uzhok pass in 1939
- Hungarian-Soviet border at Uzhok pass, 1940
- Highway H13
- Monument to soldiers perished in World War I
- View of Uzhok pass from the Polish side
- Railroad viaduct
- Abandoned tunnel
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References
- Географическая энциклопедия Украины, УСЭ, 1989—1993 гг. ( in Russian . Ukrainian Geografical Encyclopedia, the part of Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1989–1993 years)
- Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.(in Ukrainian. Geografical Encyclopedia, the part of Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1989–1993 years)
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