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Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic
cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is
an inactive stratovolcano in
north-eastern Tanzania and the
highest mountain in Africa at 5,893
metres or 19,334 ft above sea level
(the Uhuru Peak / Kibo Peak). Mount
Kilimanjaro is the 4th highest
freestanding mountain in the world,
rising 5,882 metres or 19,298 ft
from the base.
Mt.
Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain
in Africa and fourth highest of the
Seven Summits. It is among the
tallest freestanding mountains in
the world, with Uhuru Peak rising to
an altitude of 5,882 m (19,298 ft)
from base to summit.
Kilimanjaro is composed of three
distinct volcanic cones: Kibo 5,893
m (19,334 ft); Mawenzi 5,149 m
(16,893 ft); and Shira 3,962 m
(13,000 ft). Uhuru Peak is the
highest summit on Kibo's crater rim.
Kilimanjaro is a giant stratovolcano
that began forming a million years
ago, when lava spilled from the Rift
Valley zone. Two of its three peaks,
Mawenzi and Shira, are extinct while
Kibo (the highest peak) is dormant
and could erupt again. The last
major eruption has been dated to
360,000 years ago, while the most
recent activity was recorded just
200 years ago.
Although it is dormant, Kilimanjaro
has fumaroles that emit gas in the
crater on the main summit of Kibo.
Scientists concluded in 2003 that
molten magma is just 400 m (1,310
ft) below the summit crater. Several
collapses and landslides have
occurred on Kibo in the past, one
creating the area known as the
Western Breach.
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