Mount Elgon

Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of and , north of , east of and west of . The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda.
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  • Volcano rising to 4,321 metres (14,177 feet)
  • Description: shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya
  • Also known as
    “Masaba”
    “Masawa”
    “Mt. Elgon”

Mount Elgon

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Latitude
1.11834° or 1° 7′ 6″ north
Longitude
34.52667° or 34° 31′ 36″ east
Open location code
6GHP4G9G+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3911610775
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
198596
Wiki­data ID
Q732838

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Mount Elgon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Elgon”
  • Afrikaans: “Mount Elgon”
  • Arabic: “جبل إلغون”
  • Armenian: “Էլգոն”
  • Basque: “Elgon mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Элган”
  • Bulgarian: “Връх Елгон”
  • Bulgarian: “Елгон”
  • Catalan: “Mont Elgon”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Elgon”
  • Chinese: “埃塞貢山”
  • Chinese: “埃尔贡山”
  • Chinese: “埃爾貢山”
  • Czech: “Mount Elgon”
  • Danish: “Mount Elgon”
  • Dutch: “Mount Elgon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت الجون”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Elgon”
  • Esperanto: “Mt Elgon”
  • Finnish: “Elgon”
  • French: “mont Elgon”
  • French: “Mont Elgon”
  • French: “Mount Elgon”
  • French: “Wagagai”
  • Galician: “Monte Elgon”
  • Georgian: “ელგონის მთა”
  • German: “Elgon”
  • German: “Mount Elgon”
  • Greek: “Έλγον”
  • Greek: “Όρος Έλγκον”
  • Greek: “Όρος Έλγον”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Elgon”
  • Hebrew: “הר אלגון”
  • Hungarian: “Elgon-hegy”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Elgon”
  • Italian: “Monte Elgon”
  • Japanese: “エルゴン山”
  • Kazakh: “Элгон”
  • Korean: “엘곤산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Elgon”
  • Lithuanian: “Elgonas”
  • Macedonian: “Елгон”
  • Malay: “Gunung Elgon”
  • Malayalam: “എൽഗോൺ പർവ്വതം”
  • Persian: “کوه الگان”
  • Polish: “Elgon”
  • Polish: “Góra Elgon”
  • Polish: “Koitobos”
  • Polish: “Mount Elgon National Park”
  • Polish: “Mount Elgon”
  • Polish: “Mubiyi”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Elgon”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Góra Elgon”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Góry Elgon”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Mount Elgon”
  • Polish: “Wagagai”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Elgon”
  • Russian: “Элгон”
  • Russian: “Эльгон”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Elgon”
  • Spanish: “Monte Elgon”
  • Sundanese: “Gunung Elgon”
  • Swahili: “Elgon”
  • Swedish: “Elgon”
  • Swedish: “Mount Elgon”
  • Tatar: “Элгон тавы”
  • Turkish: “Elgon Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Елгон”
  • Venetian: “Monte Elgon”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Elgon”

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