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Mount Kilimanjaro - Come on to Africa's roof |
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Kilimanjaro is a true African giant. A strato volcano reaching an elevation of 19,335.6 ft. (5,895 m). Other names for this volcano are: Kilima Dscharo, Oldoinyo Oibor (white mountain in Masai), and Kilima Njaro meaning shining mountain in Swahili. This volcano's highest and youngest cone is named Kibo. Shira to the west and Mawenzi in the east are older cones that make up Kilimanjaro. Kibo has not been active in modern times, but steam and sulfur are still emitted. At the top of Kibo's summit is a 1 1/2 mile (2 1/4 Km) wide crater |
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Mt. Kilimanjaro is the largest of an E-W belt of about 20 volcanoes near the southern end of the East African Rift Valley. Also prominent in this belt are Ngorongoro caldera - a superb wildlife refuge, Ol Doonyo Lengai a carbonitite volcano, and Meru. Kilimanjaro is a triple volcano with the youngest and central peak of Kibo being 7.5-8.7 miles (12-14 km) from Shira to the west and Mawenza to the east. As all of Kilimanjaro's climbers know the gentle lower slopes steeped to 30 degrees about 13,000 ft.(4 km) Shira is topped by a broad plateau, perhaps a filled caldera, and erosion has cut deeply into a remnant rim. In contrast, Mawenzi's summit is a steep rocky peak surrounded by cliffs 1,600 ft.(0.5 km) to 4,900 ft.(1.5 km) high. Erosion has removed the original crater, and a great horseshoe shaped ridge opens to the northeast. |
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Mile-deep
gullies with 30-45 degree gradients make many places practically
inaccessible. Massive series of radial and concentric dyke swarm make up
more than 30-40 percent of the summit area of Mawenzi. Kibo's glacier-clad
summit, the highest spot in Africa, is a 1.2 x 1.7 mile (1.9 x 2.7 km)
caldera, with an inner crater nearly a mile (1.3 km) wide, and inside that
a deep, 1,148 ft. (350 m) wide central pit.
Original volcanic forms are preserved at
the summit and on many of the flanks, except on the south side where
glaciers have cut deeply into the cone. Kilimanjaro- Africa's largest
volcano and among the largest on the Earth is indeed a beautiful and
fascinating volcano of the world. |
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