Mount Stanley or Mount Ngaliema (,
also , ) is a
mountain located in the
Rwenzori range. With an elevation of 5,109 m (16,763 ft), it is the highest mountain of both the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and
Uganda, and the third highest in
Africa, after
Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) and
Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is locat ...
(5,199 m). The peak and several other surrounding peaks are high enough to support
glaciers. Mount Stanley is named for the journalist and explorer,
Sir Henry Morton Stanley. It is part of the
Rwenzori Mountains National Park, a
UNESCO world Heritage Site.
Mt. Stanley consists of two twin summits and several lower peaks:
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Expeditions
First ascent
The first recorded ascent of Mt. Stanley was in 1906 by
Luigi Amedeo
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, (29 January 1873 – 18 March 1933) was an Italian mountaineer and explorer, briefly Infante of Spain as son of Amadeo I of Spain, member of the royal House of Savoy and cousin of the Italian King Vi ...
, J. Petigax, C. Ollier, and J. Brocherel. Margherita Peak is named after Queen
Margherita of Italy.
[Peter Bridges]
‘A Prince of Climbers’
''Virginia Quarterly Review'', 76-1 (Winter 2000), 38–51.
References
External links
Information about Mount Stanley and the Ruwenzori RangeMount Stanley on Peak Bagger*
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Rwenzori Mountains
Great Rift Valley
Mountains of Uganda
Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Uganda border
International mountains of Africa
Five-thousanders of Africa
Highest points of countries