Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain of Africa, NE Tanzania, but it wasn’t always a mountain it was a volcano but now it is extinct. Mt. Kilimanjaro has two snowcapped peaks, Uhuru (Kibo) (19,340 ft/5,895 m, Africa's highest point) and Mawenzi (17,564 ft/5,354 m), these two peaks are connected by a broad saddle which has an altitude of 15,000 ft/4,600 m. Kilimanjaro has a number of different vegetation zones on its steep slopes. Coffee and plantains are …showed first 75 words of 233 total…

…showed last 75 words of 233 total…by a broad plateau, perhaps a filled caldera, and erosion has cut deeply into a remnant rim, but Mawenzi's summit is a steep rocky peak surrounded by cliffs 1,600 ft. to 4,900 ft. high. The original crater was removed by erosion, and a horseshoe resembling ridge opens to the northeast. In conclusion, the mountain/dormant volcano is Africa's largest volcano and among the largest on the Earth is indeed a beautiful and fascinating volcano of the world.