MOUNT KILIMANJARO

ABOUT MOUNT KILIMANJARO

• Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Kenya and Tanzamia
• It is the highest mountain in Africa and fourth highest mountain in the world
• It is still considered a stratovolcano that was formed 750,000 years ago
• It is the highest free-standing mountain in the world at 5,895 meters or 19,341 feet
• Mount Kilimanjaro is actually a dormant volcano and it has two peaks that are 7 miles apart

HISTORY

• Created by tectonic forces which also gave birth to a string of other volcanoes.
• Created by tectonic forces which also gave birth to a string of other volcanoes.
• 10,000 years ago Mount Kilimanjaro was called Kibo
• 10,000 years ago Mount Kilimanjaro was called Kibo
• The first people to climb Mount Kilimanjaro were Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller.

DID YOU KNOW?

• It now takes the average person a minimum of between 6 to 9 days to reach Kilimanjaro’s summit?
• Kilimanjaro is also known as the ‘Roof of Africa’
• Scientist predicted that the mountains ice and snow will melt in the next 20 years
• The mountain is all surrounded by dessert?

SOURCES

• www.mountkilimanjaro.com, Mount Kilimanjaro history, year-none
• www.channel/nationalgeographic.com, title- About Kilimanjaro, National Geographic, year- none

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