Mount Elgon

Summary

Mount Elgon is a mountain^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mount Elgon is located in Bungoma District^[3].
• Mount Elgon is in the country of Uganda^[4].
• Mount Elgon is in the country of Kenya^[5].
• Mount Elgon's image is recorded as Mount elgon topo.jpg^[6].
• Mount Elgon's instance of is recorded as mountain^[7].
• Mount Elgon's instance of is recorded as shield volcano^[8].
• Mount Elgon's part of is recorded as Great Rift Valley^[9].
• Mount Elgon's Commons category is recorded as Mount Elgon^[10].
• Mount Elgon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 1.1185, 'lon': 34.5265}^[11].
• Mount Elgon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02jyv9^[12].
• Mount Elgon's significant event is recorded as first ascent^[13].
• Mount Elgon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mount Elgon^[14].
• Mount Elgon's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0023744^[15].
• Mount Elgon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• Mount Elgon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• Mount Elgon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Mount-Elgon^[18].
• Mount Elgon's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[19].
• Mount Elgon's GeoNames ID is recorded as 198596^[20].
• Mount Elgon's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4321'}^[21].
• Mount Elgon's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2244153^[22].
• Mount Elgon's time period is recorded as Miocene^[23].
• Mount Elgon's topographic isolation is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+339'}^[24].
• Mount Elgon's topographic prominence is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2458'}^[25].
• Mount Elgon's Peakbagger mountain ID is recorded as 11182^[26].
• Mount Elgon's peakware mountain ID is recorded as 74^[27].

Why It Matters

Mount Elgon ranks in the top 2% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]