Pip Ivan
| Pip Iwan / Піп Іван | ||
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 Pip Iwan from the east from the summit of the Farcău massif |
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| height | 2028 m | |
| location | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , Ukraine | |
| Mountains | Carpathians | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 2 '31 " N , 24 ° 37' 32" E | |
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| rock | Sandstone | |
Pip Ivan ( Ukrainian Піп Іван - even Піп Іван Чорногорський Pip Ivan Tschornohorski ; Russian Поп Иван Pop Ivan - Pop's "priest") is 2,028 m after Howerla and Brebeneskul the third highest mountain in the Chornohora -Gebirges in the Eastern Carpathians in the Western Ukraine .
The current name of the mountain comes from a rock on the summit that used to look like a priest in his cassock . Since there was a pagan temple on the mountain in ancient times, the mountain is a popular destination on Ivan Kupala Day . The mountain is a natural monument within the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve . The best way to get to the top is through the village of Dzembronja .
On the top is still the ruins of the Polish until 1938 time in 1936 in the style of Constructivism built Biały Słoń - Observatory , which was in operation from 1938 to 1,941th It was the highest building in Poland that was permanently occupied. The three-story building had 43 rooms and a conference room. The tower had a copper dome 10 meters in diameter.
Out of the woods took place in the interwar period the Polish - Czechoslovak border. During the war and the early post-war period there were various fighting between Polish associations of the Polish Armed Forces and the Armia Krajowa on the one hand and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists on the other .
Web links
- Tschornonora on karpaty.net (Czech)
- Photo gallery on pbase.com
- Travel report (polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Institute of Natural Sciences, Geography and Natural History - The highest peaks of the Ukrainian Carpathians and their geomorphological regions on doroga.ua , accessed on January 11, 2015
- ↑ Pip Iwan on doroga.ua , accessed January 11, 2015