Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. With three volcanic cones — Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira — it is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level and 4,900 m (16,100 ft) above its plateau base. It is also the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere.
View of Kibo (5892 m) in 2006.
Mount Kilimanjaro from space, illustrating its diverse vegetation zones.
An aerial view of Kilimanjaro, taken while departing Amboseli Airport, showing a larger ice and snow cap in 1979.
An aerial view of Kilimanjaro in December 2009.
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the 2022 national census, Tanzania has a population of nearly 62 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator.
A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
A 1572 depiction of the city of Kilwa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Battle during the Maji Maji Rebellion against German colonial rule in 1905
The Arusha Declaration Monument
