Mount Stanley
Mount Stanley, also known as Mount Ngaliema, is a mountain located in the Rwenzori range. With an elevation of 5,109 m, it is the highest mountain of both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, and the fourth-highest in Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Rwenzori Mountains National Park is a Ugandan national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Rwenzori Mountains. Almost 1,000 km2 in size, the park has Africa's third highest mountain peak and many waterfalls, lakes, and glaciers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rwenzori–Virunga montane moorlands.
Rwenzori–Virunga montane moorlands
Locality
Photo: FatAlbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion of the Rwenzori Mountains and Virunga Mountains in central Africa. Rwenzori–Virunga montane moorlands is situated 9 km south of Mount Stanley.
Mount Stanley
- Categories: massif and landform
- Location: Oicha, North Kivu, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Stanley from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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