What is the highest summit of Mount Stanley in the Rwenzori Mountains?

The highest summit of Mount Stanley in the Rwenzori Mountains is Margherita Peak.

At 5,109 metres, Margherita Peak is the crown of Mount Stanley, which straddles Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mount Stanley is also known as Mount Ngaliema and is the highest mountain in both countries. Its glaciers make it an unusual high-altitude landscape near the Equator.

Margherita Peak is one of Mount Stanley’s twin summits; the other major summit, Alexandra Peak, reaches 5,091 metres. Lower peaks include Albert and Savoia, which can cause confusion when the mountain’s complex skyline is shown in photographs.

The summit was first reached in 1906 by an expedition led by Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi. Margherita Peak was named for Queen Margherita of Italy. Mount Stanley is Africa’s fourth-highest mountain, after Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount Stanley itself under common mountain-ranking conventions.