Ruwenzori Range

The Rwenzori are a range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between and the . The highest peak of the Ruwenzori reaches 5,109 metres, and the range's upper regions are permanently snow-capped and .
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  • Mountain rising to 4,089 metres (13,415 feet)
  • Description: mountain range of eastern equatorial Africa
  • Also known as
    “Monts de la Lune”
    “Mount Ruwenzori”
    “Mountains of the Moon”
    “Ruwenzori Mountains”
    “Rwenzori Mountains”
    “Rwenzoris”
    “The Rain Maker”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Margherita Peak.
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is a …
El.Sarmiento, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km west of Ruwenzori Range.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rwenzori–Virunga montane moorlands.
FatAlbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands is a montane… is situated 8 km south of Ruwenzori Range.

Ruwenzori Range

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Latitude
0.38333° or 0° 23′ north
Longitude
29.9° or 29° 54′ east
Open location code
6GGF9WM2+82
Geo­Names ID
206041
Wiki­data ID
Q106540

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Ruwenzori Range” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rwenzoriberge”
  • Arabic: “جبال رونزوري”
  • Arabic: “سلسة رونزوري الجبلية”
  • Basque: “Ilargiaren mendiak”
  • Basque: “Ruwenzori mendilerroa”
  • Basque: “Ruwenzori”
  • Basque: “Rwenzori mendiak”
  • Basque: “Rwenzori”
  • Belarusian: “Рувензоры”
  • Belarusian: “Рувэнзоры”
  • Bengali: “রুয়ানযোরি পর্বতমালা”
  • Bulgarian: “Рувензори”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Ruwenzori”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Rwenzori”
  • Catalan: “Ruwenzori”
  • Cebuano: “Massif du Ruwenzori”
  • Chinese: “魯文佐里山脈”
  • Chinese: “鲁文佐利山脉”
  • Chinese: “鲁文佐里山”
  • Chinese: “鲁文佐里山脉”
  • Croatian: “Rwenzori”
  • Czech: “Ruwenzori”
  • Czech: “Rwenzori”
  • Danish: “Ruwenzori”
  • Danish: “Rwenzoribjergene”
  • Dutch: “Ruwenzori-gebergte”
  • Dutch: “Ruwenzori”
  • Dutch: “Ruwenzorigebergte”
  • Dutch: “Ruwenzorimassief”
  • Dutch: “Rwenzori Mountains”
  • Dutch: “Rwenzori-gebergte”
  • Dutch: “Rwenzorigebergte”
  • Esperanto: “Montoj Ruvenzori”
  • Esperanto: “Ruvenzori”
  • Esperanto: “Ruwenzori-montaro”
  • Esperanto: “Ruwenzori”
  • Estonian: “Ruwenzori mäed”
  • Estonian: “Ruwenzori mäestik”
  • Estonian: “Ruwenzori”
  • Estonian: “Rwenzori mäed”
  • Estonian: “Rwenzori mäestik”
  • Estonian: “Rwenzori”
  • Finnish: “Ruwenzori”
  • French: “Montagnes de la Lunes”
  • French: “Monts Rwenzori”
  • French: “Ruwenzori”
  • French: “Rwenzori”
  • Ganda: “Olusozi Rwenzori”
  • Georgian: “რუვენზორი”
  • German: “Mondberge”
  • German: “Ruwenzori-Gebirge”
  • German: “Ruwenzori”
  • German: “Rwenzori Mountains National Park”
  • German: “Rwenzori-Mountains-Nationalpark”
  • German: “Rwenzori”
  • Greek: “Όρη Ρουβενζόρι”
  • Greek: “Όρη της Σελήνης”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי הרי רוונזורי”
  • Hebrew: “הרי רוונזורי”
  • Hebrew: “רוונזורי”
  • Hebrew: “רכס רוונזורי”
  • Hindi: “रवेंजोरी पर्वत”
  • Hungarian: “Rwenzori-hegység”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Rwenzori”
  • Italian: “catena del Ruwenzori”
  • Italian: “Catena del Ruwenzori”
  • Italian: “monte Ruwenzori”
  • Italian: “Ruwenzori”
  • Japanese: “ルウェンゾリ”
  • Japanese: “ルウェンゾリ山”
  • Japanese: “ルウェンゾリ山地”
  • Japanese: “ルベンゾリ”
  • Japanese: “ルベンゾリ山”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusozi wa Rwenzori”
  • Korean: “루웬조리산”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Rwenzori”
  • Latin: “Montes Lunae”
  • Latvian: “Ruvenzori”
  • Lithuanian: “Ruvenzoris”
  • Low German: “Ruwenzori-Bargen”
  • Low German: “Ruwenzori”
  • Luba-Lulua: “bibandabanda”
  • Luba-Lulua: “Mukuna wa Ruwenzori”
  • Macedonian: “Рвензори”
  • Macedonian: “Рувензори”
  • Malagasy: “Rwenzori”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ruwenzori-Berger”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruwenzori”
  • Norwegian: “Ruwenzori”
  • Persian: “کوهستان روونزوری”
  • Persian: “کوه‌های روانزوری”
  • Polish: “Ruwenzori”
  • Polish: “Rwenzori”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira de Ruwenzori”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira Ruwenzori”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas Ruwenzori”
  • Portuguese: “Montes Ruvenzori”
  • Portuguese: “Montes Ruwenzori”
  • Portuguese: “Ruwenzori”
  • Romanian: “Munții Ruwenzori”
  • Romanian: “Ruwenzori”
  • Russian: “Горы Рувензори”
  • Russian: “Лунные горы”
  • Russian: “Рвензори”
  • Russian: “Рувензори”
  • Serbian: “Рувензори”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rwenzori”
  • Slovak: “Ruwenzori”
  • Slovak: “Rwenzori”
  • Slovenian: “Lunae Montes”
  • Slovenian: “Lunino gorovje”
  • Slovenian: “Ruvenzori”
  • Slovenian: “Ruwenzori”
  • Slovenian: “Rwenzori”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera del Rwenzori”
  • Spanish: “Montanas Ruwenzori”
  • Spanish: “Montañas Ruwenzori”
  • Spanish: “Montanas Rwenzori”
  • Spanish: “Montañas Rwenzori”
  • Spanish: “Ruwenzori”
  • Spanish: “Rwenzori”
  • Swahili: “Ruwenzori”
  • Swahili: “Rwenzori”
  • Swahili: “Safu ya Ruwenzori”
  • Swedish: “Massif du Ruwenzori”
  • Swedish: “Ruwenzori”
  • Thai: “ทิวเขารูเวนซอรี”
  • Thai: “ทิวเขารูเวนโซรี”
  • Turkish: “Ruwenzori Sıradağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Рувензорі”
  • Venetian: “Caena del Ruwenzori”
  • Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Rwenzori”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabubkiran Ruwenzori”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Ruwenzori”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Rwenzori”
  • Welsh: “Ruwenzori”
  • Welsh: “Rwenzori”
  • “Mt. Rwenzori”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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