Mount Pop Ivan Chernogorsky

Mount Pop Ivan attracts attention even with his unusual name. According to one of the versions, the name appeared due to the shape of the hill, which looked very much like a priest in the cassock.

But on this unusual name associated with the mountain, do not end there. Very popular is the observatory, standing almost at the very top of the hill.It was built in 1936 and it had almost 50 large rooms. It is called the White Elephant. It would seem, from where on Transcarpathia to undertake something similar to an elephant? It turns out that everything is very simple. In the winter, the observatory is covered with ice and snow, so it reminds passers-by of a large white beast.