The "mountains of the moon" figure in today's Geo Quiz. Geographers going back to Ptolemy have tried to document the changing world.
Ptolemy
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The ancient Greek drew on early accounts of snow-capped mountains near the equator to create his world atlas. These mountains in central Africa are also featured in a new atlas.
The 400-page atlas (published by the United Nations Environment Program) shows the changing environment of Africa. It includes hundreds of satellite images, photographs, and maps. One set of historical photos documents the shrinking glaciers that cover the mountain range we want you to name.
It's a spectacular range best known for its snow-capped peaks. These mountains are believed to be the ones that Ptolemy referred to as the mountains of the moon.
So name these mountains that lie along the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.