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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