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Batian

mountain peak, Kenya
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  • East African mountains and lakes
    East African mountains
    / Physiography

    The craggy twin peaks of Batian (17,057 feet) and Nelion (17,022 feet) are closely followed in height by Lenana (16,355 feet).

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    The craggy twin peaks of Batian (17,057 feet) and Nelion (17,022 feet) are closely followed in height by Lenana (16,355 feet).

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  • Afromontane moorland
    Mount Kenya

    …peaks, principal among which are Batian (17,058 feet [5,199 meters]), Nelion (17,022 feet [5,188 meters]), and Point Lenana (16,355 feet [4,985 meters]). This long-extinct volcano is much eroded, and the highest peaks consist of the crystalline nepheline syenite that plugged the former vent. Radiating from the central peaks are ridges…

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    …peaks, principal among which are Batian (17,058 feet [5,199 meters]), Nelion (17,022 feet [5,188 meters]), and Point Lenana (16,355 feet [4,985 meters]). This long-extinct volcano is much eroded, and the highest peaks consist of the crystalline nepheline syenite that plugged the former vent. Radiating from the central peaks are ridges…

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