Mount Stanley, Congo DRC/Uganda

Highest Summit	Margherita Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	0° 23' 8'' N, 29° 52' 23'' E 0.385466, 29.873188 (Dec Deg) 819842 E 42660 N, Zone 35 (UTM)
Country	Congo DRC (Highest Point) Uganda (Highest Point)
State/Province	Nord-Kivu (Highest Point)
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Mount Stanley, Africa: Margherita Peak to right, Alexandra Peak at center (2011-01-16). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3951 m/12,963 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 3951 m/12,963 ft   Key Col: 1158 m/3799 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 829.8 km/515.62 mi    Isolation Limit Point: -0.1525, 37.3083 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Kenya  (E)
Ranges	Continent: Africa Range2: East Africa Mountains Range3: East Rift Valley Ranges (Highest Point) Range4: Ruwenzori (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Nile (HP) Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Ruwenzori Mountains National Park (Highest Point)/Parc National des Virunga (Highest Point)
First Ascent	June 18, 1906 Luigi Amedeo (Italy)
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

The approach to Mount Stanley traverses bogs of deep mud (2011-01-14). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.

Happy climbers atop both Uganda and the Congo on Margherita Peak, Mount Stanley (2011-01-17). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.

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