Dzembronia (mountain)
Dzembronia is a peak located in the Chornohora mountain range of Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine. It is situated on the border of the Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia Oblast.
Etymology
The origin of the name Dzembronia is unclear. Some researchers suggest that the initial sound Dz- in standard Ukrainian should correspond to the sound Z-, and the cluster -em- is a remnant of the sound -ę-, which in Ukrainian turned into the sound -u-. This led to the assumption that the name Dzembronia, via the early, Polish-influenced adjectival form *zǫbrъ, may derive from the Proto-Slavic word *zǫbъ - "tooth", e.g. in the meaning of a rock protrusion. The archaic suffix -on in toponymy was used to indicate that a given object has a specific feature.Geography
Dzembronia rises to a height of above sea level with a prominence of and isolation of only. Dzembronia is lower than both neighboring peaks: Menchul in the north and Pip Ivan in the south. It is separated from them by not very deep passes with a height of approx. 1800 m above sea level. On the eastern, Galician slopes, there are springs of the river of the same name, while on the western, Transcarpathian side, the Balzatul stream flows, having its beginning on the slopes of Pip Ivan.Tourism and nature conservation
The Transcarpathian Tourist Trail, marked in red, runs through the top of the main ridge of Chornohora. The closest access to the peak from the valleys leads: from the east side from the village of Dzembronia and from the west side from the village of Hoverla the blue trail and then the yellow trail to the top of Brebeneskul.The slopes on the eastern side are within the boundaries of the Carpathian National Nature Park.