Atach

Atach, later known as Magnitnaya or Magnetic Mountain, rises on the eastern side of the southern Urals beside the Ural River. Its iron-rich rock gave the mountain its later name. In 1743 a Russian fortress was established nearby as part of the Orenburg defensive line, and a Cossack settlement grew around it. The river flows south past the mountain before turning west around the end of the Urals.