Dzyarzhynskaya Hara

Where is Dzyarzhynskaya Hara?

Dzyarzhynskaya Hara is part of the Minsk Hills.

You will find it in: Belarus.

Summit: 53.849° N, 27.065° E

The story behind it

During the ice ages a huge glacier pushed south across this land and, when it melted, left behind long banks of sand, clay and stones; the Minsk Hills are such a bank, and Dzyarzhynskaya Hara is its highest swelling. The slope is so gentle that visitors sometimes drive past without noticing they have crossed the roof of the country. Birch and pine woods grow around the summit, mushrooms appear after the summer rain, and winter brings snow that stays for weeks, so families come here with sledges and skis. The hill carried an older name that meant holy hill, and people from the villages nearby still tell stories about it. A stone marker and a path lead to the top, where the view runs over a wide, softly waving landscape.

Find it on the globe

Dzyarzhynskaya Hara is there as a small peak with its own shape — a horn, a ridge, a volcano — standing on the surface. From far away the planet is only a blue ball; detail arrives as you zoom in, and this one appears once you are close enough. Open it on the globe.

It sits at its real coordinates, not near them — the same numbers listed in the facts above. Switch off the layer for this kind of place and it disappears again; the buttons for that are down the right-hand edge.