Mountains of the Moon

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Mountains of the Moon is the traditional name for the Rwenzori Mountains, a snow-capped range in East Africa historically associated with the source of the Nile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rwenzori Mountains ⓘ
biodiversity endemic animal species ⓘ
endemic plant species ⓘ
borderBetween Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
climate alpine climate at high elevations ⓘ
contains Mount Baker ⓘ
Mount Emin ⓘ
Mount Gessi ⓘ
Mount Luigi di Savoia ⓘ
Mount Speke ⓘ
linked to: Mount Stanley

Mount Stanley ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
drainage Congo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo River

Nile River basin ⓘ
elevation 16762 ft ⓘ
5109 m ⓘ
firstEuropeanAscentBy Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ⓘ
firstMajorClimbingExpeditionYear 1906 ⓘ
geology Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ
highestPeak Margherita Peak ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Stanley ⓘ
historicalAssociation source of the Nile ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Albertine Rift ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
MargheritaPeakElevation 5109 m ⓘ
mentionedBy Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
nameOrigin classical antiquity geographic tradition ⓘ
notableFeature cloud forests ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
high rainfall ⓘ
snow-capped peaks ⓘ
partOf East African Rift ⓘ
protectedBy Rwenzori Mountains National Park ⓘ
Virunga National Park ⓘ
rangeType block mountain range ⓘ
region Rwenzori region ⓘ
linked to: Rwenzori sub-region
tourismActivity mountaineering ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent Rwenzori Mountains National Park ⓘ
vegetationZones afro-alpine zone ⓘ
bamboo zone ⓘ
heath and moorland ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rwenzori Mountains → traditionalName → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Mario F. Kassar → produced → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Iain Glen → performedIn → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Aoxomoxoa → hasTrack → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Bob Rafelson → notableWork → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Bob Rafelson → directed → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
The Eyrie → locatedIn → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
The Vale of Arryn → borderFeature → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Gulltown → nearbyRegion → the Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Mountains of the Moon
Patrick Bergin → notableWork → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Chander Pahar → titleInEnglish → Mountain of the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Mountains of the Moon
Robert Rafelson → notableWork → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
Robert Rafelson → workedOn → Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
the Vale → borders → the Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Mountains of the Moon
the Vale → protectedBy → the Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Mountains of the Moon
Warden of the East → associatedRegion → the Mountains of the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Mountains of the Moon