The highest peak of these mountains and all of Uganda is Mount Stanley with a height of 5110 m above sea level. The lowest point is the White Nile - 614 m above sea level.
Ruwenzori, along with Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, is one of three areas in Africa where glaciers exist today.
The second largest mountain area in Uganda is the volcanic massif with its 4127-meter-high extinct volcano, Elgon.
