Black Mountain ( Pop-Ivan Chernogorsky , Montenegro ; Ukr. Pip Ivan ) - one of the highest peaks of the Montenegro ridge, located on the southeastern end of the ridge on the border of Ivano-Frankivsk and Transcarpathian regions. Height 2020.5 m [1] . Pop Ivan of Montenegro should not be confused with another peak of the Carpathians - Pop Ivan Marmaroshsky , located on the border of Ukraine and Romania.
| Black Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Pip Ivan | |
 Mountain Observatory | |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 2020.5 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Ivano-Frankivsk region |
| Mountain system | Montenegro |
| Ridge or array | Montenegro |
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 notes
- 3 Topographic maps
- 4 References
Description
It has a pyramidal shape, in the upper part - stone placers. Formed by sandstones. It is located within the Carpathian State National Park. On pre-war Polish maps, the mountain was designated as pillar No. 16. It is covered mainly by subalpine vegetation . Shrubs (Siberian juniper , rhododendron ) and spruce forests (at an altitude of 1500-1600 m) are widespread.
The name, according to legend, the mountain received for the rock on the top, which looked like a priest in a cassock. Now only debris remains from the rock. In fact, the older name of the mountain is “Black Mountain”, obtained by it after the legendary Dovbush defeated the devil, or “Black Trouble” on it. The name “Pop Ivan” was given to the mountain after a typo when compiling maps. However, scientists are still figuring out what name was originally given to the grief.
Mount Pop Ivan Chernogorskiy is known mainly for its White Elephant observatory, located at the very top. The name of the observatory was most likely due to the fact that every winter it is heavily overgrown with snow and ice, becoming from afar similar to a large white beast.
The observatory began to be built in 1936, involving mainly people from neighboring villages in its construction. The grand opening took place on July 29, 1938. The complex included 43 rooms. The observatory consisted of a five-story hotel, outbuildings and a tower with a telescope. The tower was crowned with a 10-meter copper dome, which opened automatically. The building had its own power station. Water was supplied using two powerful electric pumps.
In 1939, the building passed to the USSR. The first high-altitude geophysical observatory and weather station in the Soviet Union was organized here. But with the outbreak of war, Hungarian troops came here, who set up an observation post at the top. After the departure of the Hungarians, the observatory did not continue to work.
In October 1996, in Yaremche, a scientific and practical meeting was held on the subject of the “meteorological astronomical observatory on Mount Ivan Ivan,” which was attended by representatives of various institutions in Ukraine and Poland. However, in the end, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine considered its operation unnecessary.
Notes
- ↑ Map sheet M-35-134 Vorokhta . Scale: 1: 100 000. Terrain condition for 1976. 1978 edition
Topographic maps
- Map sheet M-35-134 Vorokhta . Scale: 1: 100 000. Terrain condition for 1976. 1978 edition