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East Africa Mountains

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Kilimanjaro (5895 m/19,341 ft)
Countries	Tanzania (41%), Congo DRC (23%), Kenya (20%), Uganda (10%), South Sudan (4%), Rwanda (1%), Burundi (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	2,175,211 sq km / 839,850 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,904 km / 1,183 mi North-South 1,797 km / 1,117 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	3° 11' S; 33° 29' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of East Africa Mountains
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the East Africa Mountains.

Africa	Level 1 (Parent)
Atlas Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Sahara Desert Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
West Africa Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Ethiopian Highlands	Level 2 (Sibling)
East Africa Mountains	Level 2
West Rift Valley Ranges	Level 3 (Child)
East Rift Valley Ranges	Level 3 (Child)
Central East Africa Plateau	Level 3 (Child)
East Central Kenya	Level 3 (Child)
Northeast Tanzania	Level 3 (Child)
Southern Tanzania	Level 3 (Child)
Southern Africa	Level 2 (Sibling)
Mid-Atlantic Islands	Level 2 (Sibling)
Indian Ocean Islands	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the East Africa Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Kilimanjaro	5895	19,341	Northeast Tanzania
2.	Reusch Crater Rim	5843	19,170	Northeast Tanzania
3.	Mount Kenya	5199	17,057	East Central Kenya
4.	Mawensi	5149	16,893	Northeast Tanzania
5.	Mount Stanley	5109	16,762	East Rift Valley Ranges
6.	Mount Speke	4890	16,043	East Rift Valley Ranges
7.	Mount Baker	4844	15,892	East Rift Valley Ranges
8.	Mount Emin	4798	15,741	East Rift Valley Ranges
9.	Tilman Peak	4760	15,617	East Central Kenya
10.	Grigg Peak	4740	15,551	East Central Kenya
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Kilimanjaro	5895	19,341	Northeast Tanzania
2.	Mount Kenya	5199	17,057	East Central Kenya
3.	Mount Stanley	5109	16,762	East Rift Valley Ranges
4.	Mount Elgon	4321	14,177	Central East Africa Plateau
5.	Mont Mohi	3480	11,417	West Rift Valley Ranges
6.	Mtorwi	2980	9777	Southern Tanzania

Photos of Peaks in the East Africa Mountains

Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro from the Mweka Trail (2010-02-07). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Kenya Mt. Kenya from Point Lenana (1985-09-13). Photo by Frederick Johnson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Kenya - Nelion Peak Nelion from the east (2016-11-25). Photo by PJ Anderer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mawensi Mawensi - an absolute imposing peak. The photo taken early AM while on the descent off of Kilimanjaro. (2022-03-02). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Stanley Mount Stanley, Africa: Margherita Peak to right, Alexandra Peak at center (2011-01-16). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Stanley - Alexandra Peak Mount Stanley, Africa: Margherita Peak to right, Alexandra Peak at center (2011-01-16). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Kenya - Point Lenana Point Lenana at sunrise (2016-11-25). Photo by PJ Anderer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Kenya - Point Thompson Points Lenana and Thomson from Shipton Camp (2016-11-24). Photo by PJ Anderer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Kenya - Point Slade Point Slade, from the MCK hut (2023-02-21). Photo by Yan-Eric Douvier. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Meru Looking west at Mt. Meru on the trail going down (2007-01-14). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.

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