Mount Luigi di Savoia

Mount Luigi di Savoia
	Mount Luigi di Savoia from the north, seen from the south side of Mount Baker ; v. l. No. Stairs tip, Sella tip, Weismann tip
height	4627 m
location	Uganda
Mountains	Ruwenzori Mountains
Dominance	3.25 km → Mount Baker
Notch height	347 m
Coordinates	0 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ N , 29 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 0 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ N , 29 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E
First ascent	1906 by Luigi Amadeo of Savoy

The Mount Luigi di Savoia is a mountain range in the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda . Its highest peak , the Sella peak, is the fourth highest point in Uganda with a height of 4627 m . The mountain is part of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park .

The next higher mountain is Mount Baker . The dominance is 3.25 km, the notch height 347 m.

history

The first ascent was made in 1906 by the Italian naval officer and Duke of Abruzzo, Luigi Amedeo di Savoia , after whom the mountain is named. He himself initially named the mountain after the Africa explorer Joseph Thomson . At the request of the Royal Geographical Society , the mountain was to be associated with the duke's name.

summit	height	Namesake
Sella tip	4627 m	Vittorio Sella , Italian alpinist and mountain photographer. Participants in the 1906 Ruwenzori expedition.
Weismann tip	4620 m	August Weismann , German biologist and evolution theorist.
Stairs top	4545 m	William Grant Stairs , British-Canadian explorer and deputy to Henry Morton Stanley during the expedition to rescue Emin Pasha

Reinhard Dippelreither: Uganda: Ruwenzori (= Outdoor Handbook . Vol. 127, The way is the goal ). Conrad Stein Verlag, Welver 2006, ISBN 3-86686-127-3 .
Ludwig Amadeus of Savoy: On the summit of the Ruwenzori. 1906. Discovery, exploration, first ascent. Edition Erdmann, Lenningen 2005, ISBN 3-86503-025-4 .