Magnetic Mountain

Magnetic Mountain
Old name: Atach
Highest point
Elevation616 m (2,021 ft)
Coordinates53°26′08″N 59°08′32″E / 53.43556°N 59.14222°E / 53.43556; 59.14222
Geography
LocationChelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Parent rangeUral Mountains

Magnetic Mountain, or Magnitnaya Mountain (obsolete name Atach, in Bashkir Әtәs), is a mountain on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals on the left (Asian) bank of the Ural River. It is administratively located in the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast.

The mountain was used as a source of raw materials (Magnitogorsk deposit of brown ironstone). Most of the mountain is now excavated. Its height is 616 m.

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