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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He grew up in a farming family from the Mount Elgon area in western Kenya.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

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

It had been spreading quietly along the Kinshasa Highway, a transcontinental road that wanders across Africa from east to west and passes along the shores of Lake Victoria within sight of Mount Elgon.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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