Ruwenzori
a chain of mountains in Central Africa, slightly N. of the equator, discovered by Henry Stanley in 1888, when he rescued Emin Pasha.
Some of the higher peaks have an altitude of 16,000 feet and are covered by perpetual snow, while many of the valleys are packed with glaciers. The main chain lies two hundred miles west of Victoria Nyanza, between Albert Nyanza and Edward Nyanza, extending into the Belgian Congo.