Kilimanjaro paige and jeet

KilimanjaroBy, Paige Burchard and

Jeet Patel

Where is it?

• Tanzania • Latitude and

Longitude 3°4’33”S,

37°21’12”E• Njaro is a town

near the volcano• Near The Great Rift

Valley.

Type of Volcano

• Dormant• Composite/Strato- Volcano

The Magma

• Type of Magma- Andesitic Magma

• Medium Viscosity• Explosiveness-Gentle or Violent

What created it?• Sits on a Divergent Plate Boundary.• Inside the African Plate Boundary,

but the Earth’s crust fractured and the convection currents found their way up through the crust.

When has it erupted last?

•Last major eruption- 360,000 years ago

•Most recent activity- just 200 years ago

•Since it is Dormant it does not have a Eruption Interval.

Measurements• 5,895 meters tall!• 19,341 feet tall!

• 17-18 times as tall as the Empire State Buliding!

*Paige likes measurements!

How many people live near it?

• Over 1 MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!• 100,000 tourists, porter, and

guides attempt to climb it yearly• The people that live there have a

unique farming system.

How has it made a global impact?

•Raised awareness for Global Warming because of melting glaciers

Human Impact Ranking

• LOW!• Good soil• Many water sources.• It’s dormant