Mount Kilimanjaro
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Mount Kilimanjaro is a large dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world, at 5,895 m above sea level and 4,900
Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Kilimanjaro's main peaks are Kibo (left) and Mawenzi (right), as named by the Chagga. They respectively mean "spotted" and "broken".
Kilimanjaro's glaciers' retreat in 1912–2018
Vertical margin wall of the Rebmann Glacier in 2005 with Mount Meru, which is 70 km (43 mi) away, in the background
Hans Meyer (geographer)
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Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer was a German geographer from Hildburghausen, who was the son of publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer. Hans Meyer is credited with being the first to reach the summit of Mount Kili
Mount Kilimanjaro
…German missionary Johannes Rebmann is credited as the first European to report the mountain's existence, in 1848. After several European attempts, Hans Meyer reached Kilimanjaro's highest summit in 1899. The mountain was incorporated into Kilimanjaro National Park in 1973. As one of the Seven Summits…
Hans Meyer
Memorial recognizing Meyer's ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
Gravestone of Hans Meyer in Leipzig
Yohane Kinyaha Lauwo, a Chagga man summited with Hans Meyer in 1889