Kilimanjaro

Africa's highest mountain, a free-standing volcanic massif rising straight off the Tanzanian plain.

Specifications & Metrics

elevation

5,895 m

Core Principles & Analysis

• It is a stratovolcano of three cones — Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira — with Kibo dormant, not extinct.
• It rises about 4,900 metres from base to summit, an entire climate ladder from savanna to glacier.
• Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller made the first recorded ascent in 1889.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Kilimanjaro