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Kenya, extinct volcano in central Kenya, located
just south of the equator. With an elevation of 5,199
m (17,057 ft), Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain
in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. Mount
Kenya was created by massive, successive eruptions
of a volcano 2.5 million to 3 million years ago. Mount
Kenya originally had a summit crater, but erosion
wore the cone away, leaving a series of snow- and
glacier-covered peaks, and valleys containing frozen
lakes. |
Kilimanjaro,
formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze, is a mountain in north-eastern
Tanzania. Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing
mountain rise in the world, rising 4600 metres (15,000
ft) from the base, and includes the highest peak in
Africa at 5,895 metres (19,340 ft), providing the
dramatic view from the surrounding plains.
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