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Geography

Kilimanjaro

Shira is the shortest of the three distinct volcanic cones that form this mountain. Giant groundsels are endemic to this mountain, and the Rebmann and Furtwangler glaciers are both located near the summit of this mountain. Its peak was named “Kaiser Wilhelm Peak” after Hans Meyer made the first ascent in 1889, but it was changed to Uhuru Peak after Tanganyika gained independence. Mawensi and Kibo are the two other volcanos that make up - for 10 points - what mountain located in Tanzania, Africa’s highest?

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