Thompson Tarns

Thompson Tarns is a lake in , and has an elevation of 4,534 metres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Kenya and Mount Kenya National Park.

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is an extinct volcano near the centre of , about 150 km north of . At 5,300 m it is Africa's second highest mountain, after Kilimanjaro.

Photo: Sherpa!, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
protects the summit and upper slopes of , Africa's second-highest mountain, in the central highlands of . The extinct volcano rises to 5,199 m at Batian and contains glacier-cut valleys, alpine moorland, high-altitude lakes, montane forest and some of East Africa's most distinctive mountain vegetation.

Thompson Tarns

Latitude
-0.16667° or 0° 10′ south
Longitude
37.31667° or 37° 19′ east
Elevation
4,534 metres (14,875 feet)
Open location code
6GFVR8M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
179287
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Satellite Map

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