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Mount Kilimanjaro (/ ˌ k ɪ l ɪ m ə n ˈ dʒ ɑː r oʊ /) [4] is a dormant volcano in Tanzania.It is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the highest free ...
Kilimanjaro National Park is a Tanzanian national park located 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the equator [1] in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. The park is located near the region of Moshi. [3] The park includes the whole of Mount Kilimanjaro above the tree line and the surrounding montane forest belt above 1,820 metres (5,970 ft).
Mount Kilimanjaro is the largest non-shield volcano in terms of both base area (635 km 2 or 245 sq mi) and volume (4,793 km 3 or 1,150 cu mi). Mount Logan is the largest non-volcanic mountain in base area (311 km 2 or 120 sq mi).
Mount Kilimanjaro (/ˌkɪlɪmənˈdʒɑːroʊ/) is a dormant volcano in the United Republic of Tanzania, 5,895 meters (19,341 ft) above sea level. There are several routes by which to reach Kibo, or Uhuru Peak , the highest summit of Mount Kilimanjaro , namely: Marangu, Rongai, Lemosho, Shira, Umbwe, and Machame.
The Northern Ice Field is the largest body of ice remaining on Mount Kilimanjaro, with an area of 0.95 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi), when measured in 2007. [3] During the exceptionally cold period known as the Younger Dryas , which occurred approximately 12,800 and 11,500 years BP (between 10,800 and 9500 BC), Mount Kilimanjaro may have been ...
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Credner Glacier is on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the northwest slope of the peak and is a remnant of an icecap which once crowned the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. [1] The glacier is situated at an elevation of between 5,800 and 5,500 metres (19,000 and 18,000 ft). [2]
In 1978, the Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner was the first person to reach six of the Seven Summits (1971 Puncak Jaya, 1974 Aconcagua, 1976 Mount McKinley (now Denali), 1978 Kilimanjaro, 1978 Mount Everest). For Messner, Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) was the highest peak in Australia (Messner list), but in 1983, he climbed Mount ...