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East Rift Valley Ranges

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Mount Stanley (5109 m/16,762 ft)
Countries	Tanzania (44%), Uganda (24%), Burundi (13%), Rwanda (13%), Congo DRC (5%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Nord-Kivu
Area	190,149 sq km / 73,417 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,341 km / 833 mi North-South 572 km / 355 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	3° 40' S; 29° 53' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of East Rift Valley Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the East Rift Valley Ranges.

East Africa Mountains	Level 2 (Parent)
West Rift Valley Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
East Rift Valley Ranges	Level 3
Ruwenzori	Level 4 (Child)
Virunga Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Burundi Highlands	Level 4 (Child)
Central East Africa Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
East Central Kenya	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northeast Tanzania	Level 3 (Sibling)
Southern Tanzania	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the East Rift Valley Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Mount Stanley	5109	16,762	Ruwenzori
2.	Mount Speke	4890	16,043	Ruwenzori
3.	Mount Baker	4844	15,892	Ruwenzori
4.	Mount Emin	4798	15,741	Ruwenzori
5.	Mount Gessi	4715	15,469	Ruwenzori
6.	Mount Luigi di Savoia	4627	15,180	Ruwenzori
7.	Weismanns Peak	4620	15,157	Ruwenzori
8.	Mount Humphreys	4578	15,020	Ruwenzori
9.	Volcan Karisimbi	4507	14,787	Virunga Mountains
10.	Mount Cagni	4485	14,715	Ruwenzori
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Mount Stanley	5109	16,762	Ruwenzori
2.	Volcan Karisimbi	4507	14,787	Virunga Mountains
3.	Mont Heha	2670	8760	Burundi Highlands

Photos of Peaks in the East Rift Valley Ranges

Mount Stanley Mount Stanley, Africa: Margherita Peak to right, Alexandra Peak at center (2011-01-16). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Stanley - Alexandra Peak Mount Stanley, Africa: Margherita Peak to right, Alexandra Peak at center (2011-01-16). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
Volcan Karisimbi 4507 m - Karisimbi (2017-02-20). Photo by Jan Matiášek. Click here for larger-size photo.	Muhabura John on top with guide, soldier, and 2 porters (2018-06-08). Photo by John Anholm. Click here for larger-size photo.
Nyiragongo 3470 m - Nyiragongo (2017-02-23). Photo by Jan Matiášek. Click here for larger-size photo.

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