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Mount Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro is a mountain in northeastern Tanzania. It includes the highest peak in Africa, the extinct volcano Kibo, 5,895 metres. This was first scaled in 1889.

Two other peaks are also extinct volcanoes: Mawensi and Shira.

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