Mount Stanley, also known as Mount Ngaliema (,
also ,
), is a
mountain
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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
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and
Uganda
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, and the third highest in
Africa
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, after
Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) and
Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya (Meru people, Meru: ''Kĩrĩmaara,'' Kikuyu people, Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba language, Kamba: ''Ki nyaa'', Embu language, Embu: ''Kĩ nyaga'') is an extinct volcano in Kenya and the Highest mountain peaks of Africa, second-highe ...
(5,199 m). The peak and several other surrounding peaks are high enough to support
glacier
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s. Mount Stanley is named for the journalist and explorer
Sir Henry Morton Stanley. It is part of the
Rwenzori Mountains National Park, a
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.
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, J. Petigax, C. Ollier, and J. Brocherel. Margherita Peak is named after Queen
Margherita of Italy.
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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