Mount Khomyak is located in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, is part of the Gorgan mountain system (Carpathian Mountains), and is one of the most beautiful and famous peaks of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Consists of sandstones, the slopes are separated by tributaries of the Prut River.
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| Mount Khomyak Carpathian Mountains |
From Khomyak, a gorgeous panorama of neighboring peaks and ridges opens up: in the north-west you can see Dovbushanka and Sinyak, in the north - Yavornik, in the east - Lisniv. In the southeast there is a real miracle, the highest point of the Montenegrin massif - Hoverla.
Mount Khomyak is ideal for a one-day hiking trip, as the trail to the summit does not have difficult steep climbs.
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| Mount Khomyak Carpathian Mountains |
The Carpathian Mountains are a group of mountains in Central Europe that form the watershed between the Baltic and Black Seas. Its most important sections are the Beskidy, the Tatra Mountains, Carpathian Poland, the Alps of Transylvania and the Carpathian Carpathians East and West or Little Carpathians, separating Moravia from Slovakia. They constitute the natural border between the Czech Republic and Poland. It stretches for about 1500 km.
Geographical description, origin of the name
The top of Mount Khomyak is located at an altitude of 1542 m above sea level. Despite the relatively low height compared to the legendary Carpathian Mountains two-thousanders, it is considered an avalanche-prone winter. The lower part of the mountain is covered with coniferous and mixed forests, the middle - with crooked forests and mountain valleys, the top - with stones.
On the map, Mount Khomyak can be found at the following coordinates - 48 ° 22′04 ″ north latitude, 24 ° 29′57 ″ east longitude.
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| Mount Khomyak Carpathian Mountains |
The mountain got its name due to its external resemblance to the back of a rodent animal. Local residents claim that many Alpine marmots lived there, that is, the same hamsters. Most of the tourists who managed to conquer the summit jokingly say that the mountain was named so because you need to climb it quickly, quickly and in small steps, like the way hamsters move.
The opinion of some scientists - the name comes from the word "Hill".
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| Mount Khomyak Carpathian Mountains |
IT IS INTERESTING. According to legends, it was on the steep slopes of Mount Khomyak that rituals of admission to the group of rebels were carried out, the character of recruits was tempered during the time of Oleksa Dovbush. The guy had to go over the cliff along the trunk of a thin spruce.