Holohory

For a village, see Holohory (village).

Holohory (Ukrainian: Гологори; Russian: Гологоры, romanized: Gologory; Polish: Gołogóry) is a hill range in the northwestern part of Podolian Upland, Ukraine, stretching from Lviv to Zolochiv, constituting part of the European watershed.[1] The name literally means "bare mountains".[2]

The range is dissected by tributaries of the Buh river. Its highest point is Kamula (mountain) with the height of 473 meters above sea level.[3]

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  1. ^ "Gołogóry" in Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland). — Warszaw, 1881, Vol. II : Derenek — Gżac, p. 675.
  2. ^ "Gołogóry", by Sadok Barącz, in: ''Smotrycki Melecy: szkic bibliograficzny, Poznań, 1889, pp.1-9.
  3. ^ Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 2. 1993. p. 405.


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