Summit of Mount Kenya, with names of main glaciers, valleys and peaks
Mount Kenya (5,199 metres (17,057 ft)) is the second highest mountain in Africa and the highest mountain in Kenya,[1] after which the country is named.[2] It lies just south of the equator and currently has eleven small glaciers.[1][3] Various expeditions reached it in the following years.[4][5] It was first climbed in 1899 by Halford Mackinder.[6] The mountain became a national park in 1949,[7] played a key role in the Mau Mau events in the 1950s,[8] and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.[9] It is climbed and walked up by up to 15,000 tourists every year.[10]
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^J.H. Reynolds, Secretary Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, RGS (8 February 1932). "The spelling of Kenya". Letters to the editor. The Times. No. 46051. London. p. 8.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Hastenrath, Stefan (1984). The Glaciers of Equatorial East Africa. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company. ISBN 90-277-1572-6.
^Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel; Count Samuel Teleki (1894). Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie. London: Longmans.
^John Walter Gregory (1968) [1896]. The Great Rift Valley. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
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^Gideon N. Gathaara (August 1999), Aerial survey of the destruction of Mt. Kenya, Imenti and Ngare Ndare forest reserves. February - June 1999, Kenya Wildlife Service
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^Gichuki, Francis Ndegwa (August 1999). "Threats and Opportunities for Mountain Area Development in Kenya". Ambio. 28 (5). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: 430–435. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.
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