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Mount Kilimanjaro is an amazing place. Here are some interesting facts you can use to impress your friends. Some of them are informative, others are crazy and some are just plain weird.
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in the northeast part of Tanzania. It is in the Kilimanjaro National Park. It covers an area that is approximately 62 miles long by 45 miles wide.
Kilimanjaro Routes
There are six official Kilimanjaro routes. Two, the Shira and the Lemosho Routes approach from the west. Three routes—Machame, Umbwe, and Marangu—approach from the south and the Rongai route starts from the northeast side. There is also a seventh route, the Northern Circuit that begins at the Lemosho gate, but then circles around the north of Kilimanjaro and summits via Gilman’s Point.
There are three summit trails to Uhuru Peak. The first approach is from Stella Point from the south, the second approaches from the east via Gilman’s Point and the third approaches through the Western Breach, which is the more technically challenging route.
Note: The Mweka Route is only used for descents.
Geography
Another interesting fact about Mt. Kilimanjaro is that it is a dormant volcano which is comprised of three volcanic cones, Shira, Mawenzi and Kibo. Kibo is where Uhuru Peak is located
Of the three volcanoes, Kibo is classified as dormant but not extinct. However, the last major eruption from Kibo happened over 360,000 years ago. Over 200 years ago the last volcanic activity occurred and resulted in creating the ash pit.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Mt. Kilimanjaro is not part of a mountain range like Mt. Everest.
The summit on Mount Kilimanjaro is called Uhuru Peak and stands at 19,345 feet. To put this in perspective, Mount Everest, is 29,029 feet or just under 10,000 ft higher.
One of the interesting things about Mt. Kilimanjaro is that both the North and South base camps of Everest are lower than the summit of Kilimanjaro but it takes most climbers 8-10 days to reach them.
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