The Seelow Heights are situated around the town Seelow, about 90 kilometres east of Berlin and overlook the Oderbruch, the western flood plain of the River Oder which is a further 20 km to the east.
They are sometimes known as the "Gates To Berlin" because the main West-East route out of Berlin runs through them.
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