Elgon

American

[el-gon] / ˈɛl gɒn /

noun

an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4,321 meters).

Elgon British

/ ˈɛlɡɒn /

noun

an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the Kenya-Uganda border. Height: 4321m (14 178 ft)

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Du Toit's torrent frog — Last seen on Kenya's Mount Elgon in 1962, this evolutionarily unique frog was part of a group of species that split off from other amphibians 70 million years ago.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2022

Around Mount Elgon successive governments have argued that, when evicting the Ogiek, they were protecting the forest and the rugged moorland above it to make way for a national park and forest reserve.

From Economist • Jul. 14, 2016

Meanwhile Kiprotich was all smiles, still struggling to comprehend that his journey from the slopes of Mount Elgon in Kapchorwa, Uganda, had ended with kissing the hot tarmac of the Mall as Olympic champion.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2012

Uganda village 'like a giant cemetery' By Peter Greste BBC News, Mount Elgon On the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda, Beatrice Kibone cries for her husband.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2010

Now the Mount Elgon herd has withered to one extended family of about seventy elephants.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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