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Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro Snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro rises in the background behind flat-topped acacia trees and dry savanna in Kenya, Africa.
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Acacia trees on the plain below the summits of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Kibo cone is at right, Mawensi (Mawenzi) at left. African elephants (Loxodonta africana) live in the area surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro A herd of African elephants walks across dry grassland with flat-topped acacia trees, with snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro rising in the background in Kenya.
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Kilimanjaro Sunrise on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Kilimanjaro

mountain, Tanzania
Also known as: Mount Kilimanjaro
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Kilimanjaro, volcanic massif in northeastern Tanzania, near the Kenya border. Its central cone, Kibo, rises to 19,340 feet (5,895 metres) and is the highest point in Africa. Kilimanjaro lies about 100 miles (160 km) east of the East African Rift System and about 140 miles (225 km) south of Nairobi, Kenya. The massif extends approximately east-west for 50 miles (80 km) and consists of three principal extinct volcanoes: Kibo (centre), Mawensi (east), and Shira (west)....

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