height of mt elgon
Mt Elgon. At 4321m mountain Elgon is east Africa 4th highest mountain and the 8th in Africa.it was one time the highest Africaâs mountain ,far exceeding Kilimanjaroâs 5895m but a thousand of years of erosion its height. Mt Elgon is an extinct volcano and one of Ugandaâs oldest physical features, first eruption about 24 million years ago. Measuring 50km by 80km;the mountains has the largest volcanic base in the world. its caldera, covering over 40km,is known to be the largest intact caldera in the world.