 In 1928 Bartholemew's Oxford Advanced Atlas still contained them in its index locating them at 8° 40' N, 5° 0' W. Even later they appeared erroneously in Goode's World Atlas of 1895.The town of Kong, Ivory Coast dates to the 12th century and bears the name which it gave to the mountains.This rose in power during the 17th century to form the Kong Empire which eventually passed under French colonial rule.