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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: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: The Ohio State University Pressbooks - Unceasing Concern for the Rapid Retreat of Mount Kilimanjaro’s White Peak. Feb 03, 2026
Questions and answers added. Mar 17, 2025
Media added. Dec 05, 2024
Added interactive media. Jun 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program - Kilimanjaro. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Facts About Kilimanjaro, the Highest Mountain in Africa. Apr 25, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jun 08, 2021
Add new Web site: The Geological Society - Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Feb 14, 2021
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Kilimanjaro. Feb 14, 2021
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Kilimanjaro: Facts About Africa's Highest Peak. Jan 09, 2017
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Mt Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania, Africa. Oct 13, 2015
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Mt Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania, Africa. Oct 13, 2015
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Mt Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania, Africa. Oct 13, 2015
Add new Web site: Tanzania National Parks - Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. Oct 13, 2015
Add new Web site: Tanzania Odyssey - Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Aug 09, 2015
Added photographs. Nov 18, 2011
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Halibut. Jul 02, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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