Mount Baker (Uganda)
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Mount Baker lies in the Ruwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda
, Africa
. Together with Mount Stanley
and Mount Speke
, it forms a triangle enclosing the upper Bujuku Valley. The nearest peak is Mount Stanley
which is 2.26 km to the west. The mountains lie within an area called 'The Mountains of the Moon'.
Like all peaks in the Ruwenzori Range, Mount Baker has multiple jagged peaks. The highest is Edward Peak.
When the Duke of the Abruzzi
climbed this summit, he ascended all of the other mountains in this range.
The mountain is named after Sir Samuel Baker
who was an early explorer to the region though he did not ascend this peak.
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Together with Mount Stanley
Mount Stanley
Mount Stanley 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 third highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya . The peak and several other surrounding peaks are high...
and Mount Speke
Mount Speke
Mount Speke lies in the Ruwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda, Africa and is the second highest peak in this range. Together with Mount Stanley and Mount Baker , it forms a triangle enclosing the upper Bujuku Valley. The nearest peak is Mount Stanley which is 3.55 km to the SSW...
, it forms a triangle enclosing the upper Bujuku Valley. The nearest peak is Mount Stanley
Mount Stanley
Mount Stanley 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 third highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya . The peak and several other surrounding peaks are high...
which is 2.26 km to the west. The mountains lie within an area called 'The Mountains of the Moon'.
Like all peaks in the Ruwenzori Range, Mount Baker has multiple jagged peaks. The highest is Edward Peak.
When the Duke of the Abruzzi
Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
Prince Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco di Savoia-Aosta , Duke of the Abruzzi , was an Italian nobleman, mountaineer and explorer of the royal House of Savoy...
climbed this summit, he ascended all of the other mountains in this range.
The mountain is named after Sir Samuel Baker
Samuel Baker
Sir Samuel White Baker, KCB, FRS, FRGS was a British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin between Apr....
who was an early explorer to the region though he did not ascend this peak.