Lunae Montes

LUNAE MONTES (Σελήνης ὄρος Αἰθιοπίας, Ptol. 4.8. § § 3, 6), from which mountains, and from the lakes formed by their melting snows, Ptolemy derives the sources of the Nile. Their position is unknown, and if they have any real existence, they must be placed S. of the Equator.

Mountains believed by ancient geographers to extent through the interior of Africa, covered with snow, and containing the sources of the Nile (Ptol.iv. 8, 3, 6).