Point Lenana
Learn about this topic in these articles:
East African mountainsPhysiography…closely followed in height by Lenana (16,355 feet).
Read More…closely followed in height by Lenana (16,355 feet).
Read More
Mount Kenya… (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 separated by seven principal valleys. Several small, retreating glaciers, of which…
Read More… (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 separated by seven principal valleys. Several small, retreating glaciers, of which…
Read More