Albert, Lake
Pronunciation: /ˈalbət/
- a lake in the Rift Valley of east central Africa, on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) and Uganda. It is linked to Lake Edward by the Semliki River and to the White Nile by the Albert Nile. African name Mobutu Sese Seko, Lake.
Origin:
named after the Prince Consort by the English explorer Samuel Baker, who in 1864 was the first European to sight it