Mount Stanley

Mount Stanley, also known as Mount Ngaliema, is a mountain located in the . With an elevation of 5,109 m, it is the highest mountain of both the and , and the fourth-highest in .
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 5,109 metres
  • Description: mountain in the Ruwenzori Mountains on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
  • Also known as: Mont Ngaliéma” and “Mount Ngaliema

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Margherita Peak.

is a and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the . Almost 1,000 km2 in size, the park has Africa's third highest mountain peak and many waterfalls, lakes, and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rwenzori–Virunga montane moorlands.

Locality
The Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion of the and Virunga Mountains in central . is situated 9 km south of Mount Stanley.

Mount Stanley

Latitude
0.38789° or 0° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
29.8711° or 29° 52′ 16″ east
Elevation
5,109 metres (16,762 feet)
Open location code
6GGF9VQC+5C
Geo­Names ID
207258
Wiki­data ID
Q221666
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Western Panjabi—“Mount Stanley” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Маргерита
  • Abkhazian: Пик Маргерита
  • Abkhazian: Стенли
  • Arabic: جبل ستانلي
  • Arabic: قمة مارجريتا
  • Armenian: Սթենլի լեռ
  • Basque: Stanley mendia
  • Belarusian: Маргерыта
  • Belarusian: Пік Маргерыта
  • Catalan: Mont Stanley
  • Cebuano: Mont Stanley
  • Chinese: 斯坦利山
  • Czech: Margherita Peak
  • Czech: Margherita
  • Czech: Mount Stanley
  • Czech: Nejvyšší hora Konžské demokratické republiky
  • Czech: Nejvyšší hora Ugandy
  • Danish: Mount Stanley
  • Dutch: Mount Stanley
  • Esperanto: Monto Ngaliema
  • Esperanto: Monto Stanlejo
  • Esperanto: Monto Stanley
  • Esperanto: Sanley-monto
  • Estonian: Stanley mägi
  • French: mont Stanley
  • French: Mont Stanley
  • French: Montagne Stanley
  • French: Pic Marguerite
  • Galician: Monte Stanley
  • Georgian: სტენლი
  • German: Mount Stanley
  • Hebrew: הר סטנלי
  • Hungarian: Ngaliema hegy
  • Hungarian: Stanley-hegy
  • Indonesian: Gunung Stanley
  • Italian: Monte Ngaliema
  • Italian: Monte Stanley
  • Japanese: スタンリー山
  • Japanese: スタンリー山群
  • Korean: 스탠리산
  • Ladin: Mount Stanley
  • Latvian: Stenlija kalns
  • Lithuanian: Stenlio kalnas
  • Luba-Lulua: bibandabanda
  • Luba-Lulua: Mukuna wa Stanley
  • Macedonian: Маргерита
  • Macedonian: Стенли
  • Malay: Gunung Stanley
  • Mazanderani: استنلی کوه
  • Mazanderani: ايستاني
  • Mazanderani: ایستانی
  • Moroccan Arabic: جبل سطانلي
  • Northern Frisian: Mount Stanley (Ruwenzori)
  • Northern Frisian: Mount Stanley
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mont Margherita
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mont Ngaliema
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mount Stanley
  • Norwegian: Mont Ngaliema
  • Persian: کوه استنلی
  • Persian: کوهٔ استنلی
  • Polish: Góra Stanleya
  • Polish: Mount Stanley
  • Polish: Szczyt Małgorzaty
  • Portuguese: Monte Stanley
  • Romanian: Muntele Stanley
  • Russian: Маргерита
  • Russian: Пик Маргерита
  • Russian: Стэнли
  • Slovenian: Mount Ngaliema
  • Slovenian: Mount Stanley
  • Spanish: Monte Ngaliema
  • Spanish: Monte Stanley
  • Swahili: Mlima Stanley
  • Swedish: Margherita Peak
  • Swedish: Mont Ngaliema
  • Swedish: Mount Margherita
  • Swedish: Mount Stanley
  • Swedish: Ngaliematoppen
  • Ukrainian: Стенлі
  • Venetian: Monte Stanley
  • Vietnamese: Núi Standley
  • Vietnamese: Núi Stanley
  • Welsh: Mynydd Stanley
  • Western Panjabi: ماؤنٹ سٹینلے

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Highlights include Albert Peak and Alexandra.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Stanley”. Photo: Sylwia Duda, CC BY 2.0.