Kilimanjaro Volcano
Updated: May 17, 2025 02:00 GMT -
Stratovolcano
Tanzania, -3.07°S / 37.36°E 
Summit height: 5895 m (19,340 ft)
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Massive Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, consists of three large stratovolcanoes constructed along a NW-SE trend.
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Explosive.
Kilimanjaro volcano eruptions: None in historic time (but probably active during the past 10,000 years)
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Background
Massive Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, consists of three large stratovolcanoes constructed along a NW-SE trend. The ice-capped, 5895-m-high summit towers 5200 m above the surrounding plains. The older cone of Shira forms the broad WNW shoulder of Kilimanjaro, and the extensively dissected Mawenzi forms a prominent, sharp-topped peak on the ESE flank. Numerous satellitic cones occupy a rift zone to the NW and SE of Kibo, the central stratovolcano. A 2.4 x 3.6 km caldera gives the summit of Kibo an elongated, broad profile. Most of Kilimanjaro was constructed during the Pleistocene, but a group of youthful-looking nested summit craters are of apparent Holocene age.Source: Smithsonian GVP
Kilimanjaro Volcano Photos
Panorama of Kilimanjaro's crater (Photo: Paul Nicholson)
Mount Kilimanjaro, view from kenian territory (Photo: WNomad)
Mount Kilimanjaro, view from kenyan territory (Photo: WNomad)
Latest satellite images
Kilimanjaro Volcano Maps
Below is a selection of maps showing the location and surroundings of the volcano at various resolutions based on aerial-imagery / terrain maps. Feel free to use them for non-commercial purposes on your blog or website as long as you credit them with a link back to this page (click to copy it).
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Kilimanjaro volcano (scale of few kilometers)
