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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-00213

A cluster of nested craters occupies the summit of Kilimanjaro volcano.  This view looks ESE to Mawenzi, a dissected stratovolcano that is one of three forming the broad Kilimanjaro massif.  The low ridge above the crater complex at the left is part of the steep-sided summit icecap.  The coalescing volcanoes of Mawenzi, the central summit cone of Kibo, and Shira to the NW form the elongated Kilimanjaro massif,  Africa's highest peak. Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1977.

A cluster of nested craters occupies the summit of Kilimanjaro volcano. This view looks ESE to Mawenzi, a dissected stratovolcano that is one of three forming the broad Kilimanjaro massif. The low ridge above the crater complex at the left is part of the steep-sided summit icecap. The coalescing volcanoes of Mawenzi, the central summit cone of Kibo, and Shira to the NW form the elongated Kilimanjaro massif, Africa's highest peak.

Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1977.

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