Volovets Pass

Volovets Pass
Воловецький перевал
View of Volovets Pass
Elevation	1,014 m (3,327 ft)
Traversed by	Rail in tunnel (and road)
Location	Ukraine, on the border of Stryi Raion and Volovets Raion
Range	Carpathians
Coordinates	48°45′29″N 23°18′53″E
Location of Volovets Pass in Ukraine

Volovets Pass (Ukrainian: Воловецький перевал, Hungarian: Kisszolyvai-hágó) is a mountain pass in the north-eastern Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine through the Vodorazdel'nyy backbone. Its crest is at 1,014 metres (3,327 ft) height. It is located on the border of Stryi Raion of the Lviv Oblast and the Volovets Raion of the Zakarpattia Oblast, on the watershed of the rivers Opir and Viche.

The southern slope of the pass is steep, while the northern flank is declivous. It consists of sandstones and slates. Volovets Pass is sparsely populated, with meadows dominating the landscape. Below the mountain pass there is a system of railway tunnels connecting Mukachevo and Stryj.

Automobile traffic across the pass is impossible since the road is too difficult to traverse. The nearest settlements are Oporets and Skotarske.

The pass from the northern slope (in the southern part of Lviv Oblast)

See also

• Beskydy Tunnel

Further reading

• 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)