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Belgian expedition scales Ruwenzori near the equator
A Belgian team, in Belgian Congo territory, climbed the 16 000 foot Ruwenzori range. The massif lies near the equator amid tropical forests with snow capped peaks. Stanley named the range King of the Clouds, a spectacle of strange vegetation and sparse animal life across six snowy groups.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Wnu Tgervies
Wenzori
Belgian Congo
Ruwenzori
Equator
Ecuador
New Guinea
Samuel Baker
Lake Albert
Stanley
Duke of the
Wys
Brobdingnag
King of the Clouds
Ruwenzort
Min
Gessi
Speke
Stanley, Baker
Luigi di Savoia
Ruwenzor
Africa
Asia
Kenya
French Equatorial Africa
Angola
Equatorial Africa
South America
Amazon
Mexiana Island