Mount Emin
| Mount Emin | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,798 m (15,741 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 498 m (1,634 ft)[2] |
| Coordinates | 0°27′N 29°55′E / 0.450°N 29.917°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Parent range | Rwenzori Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1906 by Luigi Amedeo, J. Petigax, and L. Petigax[2] |
Mount Emin is the sixth-highest mountain in Africa and one of the six main mountain massifs in the Rwenzori Mountains range. It is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the border with Uganda. Emin and Mount Gessi, which lies in Uganda east of the border, are situated on either side of a long, narrow valley running in a north-south direction. Emin has two peaks: Umberto (4,798 meters) and Kraepelin (4,791 meters). The mountain forms a rocky, north-south ridge with the higher peak at the southern end. Like Gessi, Emin lies north of the triangle formed by the peaks of Mounts Stanley, Speke, and Baker.[1]
The mountain once had glaciers, but during the 20th century, they fragmented and eventually disappeared completely.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Mount Emin". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- 1 2 "Mount Emin, Congo DRC". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ Whittow, J. B.; Shepherd, A.; Goldthorpe, J. E.; Temple, P. H. (1963). "Observations on the Glaciers of the Ruwenzori". Journal of Glaciology. 4 (35): 581–616. doi:10.3189/S0022143000028124. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ Young, James A.T.; Hastenrath, Stefan (1991). "Glaciers of Africa" (PDF). In Williams Jr., Richard S.; Ferrigno, Jane G. (eds.). Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World. USGS. pp. G64–G65.
- ↑ "East Africa 2021". The Last Tropical Glaciers. 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.