Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya is near the centre of Kenya about 150 km north of Nairobi. At 5,300 m it is Africa's second highest mountain, after Kilimanjaro. The immediate mountain area is a national park and a large swath of country around it a forest reserve.
Photo: Sherpa!, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
Mount Kenya
- Type: Volcano
- Description: African stratovolcano
- Category: IUCN category II: National Park
- Location: Southern Rift Valley, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
Latitude -0.1527° or 0° 9' 9.7" south | Longitude 37.3092° or 37° 18' 33.2" east |
Open Location Code 6GFVR8W5+WM | Elevation 5,199 metres (17,057 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 294560693 | GeoNames ID 191421 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Kenia
- Afrikaans: Mount Kenya
- Arabic: Bukid Kenya
- Arabic: الجبل الكيني
- Arabic: جبل كينيا
- Arabic: قمة باتيان
- Armenian: Քենիա
- Armenian: Քենիա լեռ
- Asturian; Bable: Monte Kenia
- Basque: Kenya
- Basque: Kenya mendia
- Belarusian: Гара Кенія
- Belarusian: Кенія
- Bengali: কেনিয়া পর্বত
- Breton: Menez Kenya
- Bulgarian: Кения
- Catalan: Mont Kenya
- Cebuano: Mount Kenya
- Chinese: 肯亞山
- Chinese: 肯尼亚山
- Chinese: 肯尼亞山
- Chinese: 肯雅山
- Croatian: Kenija
- Croatian: Mount Kenya
- Czech: Mount Kenya
- Czech: Nejvyšší hora Keni
- Danish: Mount Kenya
- Dutch: Keniaberg
- Dutch: Kenyaberg
- Dutch: Kirinjaga
- Dutch: Mount Kenia
- Dutch: Mount Kenya
- English: Mount Kenia
- Esperanto: Monto Kenja
- Esperanto: Monto Kenjo
- Estonian: Keenia mägi
- Estonian: Keenia vulkaan
- Estonian: Kenya mägi
- Finnish: Mount Kenya
- French: Mont Kenya
- French: mont Kenya
- Gallegan: Monte Kenya
- Georgian: კენია
- German: Keniaberg
- German: Mount-Kenya-Massiv
- German: Mount-Kenya-Nationalpark
- German: Mount Kenia
- German: Mount Kenya
- German: Mount Kenya-Massiv
- Greek: Όρος Κένυα
- Hebrew: הר קניה
- Hindi: माउंट केन्या
- Hungarian: Kenya-hegy
- Icelandic: Kenýafjall
- Indonesian: Gunung Kenya
- Italian: Monte Kenia
- Italian: Monte Kenya
- Japanese: ケニア山
- Japanese: ケニャ山
- Kabiyé: Keniya pʊʊ
- Kikuyu: Kirinyaga
- Kikuyu: Kĩrĩnyaga
- Kirghiz: Кения
- Korean: 케냐 산
- Korean: 케냐산
- Latvian: Kenijas kalns
- Lithuanian: Kenijos kalnas
- Macedonian: Кенија
- Macedonian: планина во Кенија
- Malay (generic): Gunung Kenya
- Malayalam: മൗണ്ട് കെനിയ
- Moroccan Spoken Arabic: جبل كينيا
- Northern Frisian: Mount Kenya
- Norwegian: Mount Kenya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mount Kenya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Mount Kenya
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Mont Kenya
- Panjabi: ਮਾਉਂਟ ਕੀਨੀਆ
- Persian: کوهٔ کنیا
- Persian: کوه کنیا
- Polish: Batian
- Polish: Góra Kenia
- Polish: Kenia
- Polish: Kirinyaga
- Polish: Lenana
- Polish: Mount Kenia
- Polish: Mount Kenya
- Polish: Mount Kenya National Park
- Polish: Nelion
- Polish: Park Narodowy Góry Kenia
- Polish: Park Narodowy Kenia
- Polish: Park Narodowy Mount Kenya
- Portuguese: Monte Kenya
- Portuguese: Monte Quénia
- Portuguese: Monte Quênia
- Romanian: Mount Kenya
- Romanian: Muntele Kenya
- Russian: Кения
- Scots: Moont Kenyae
- Serbian: Kenija
- Serbian: Кенија
- Serbo-Croatian: Mount Kenya
- Slovak: Mount Kenya
- Somali: Mount kenya
- Spanish: Monte Kenia
- Spanish: Monte Kenya
- Swahili (generic): Kenya
- Swahili (generic): Kirinyaga
- Swahili (generic): Mlima Kenya
- Swahili (generic): Mt Kenya
- Swedish: Kirinyaga
- Swedish: Mount Kenya
- Swedish: Mount Kenya nationalpark och skogsreservat
- Swedish: Mt. Kenya
- Tamil: கென்யா மலை
- Thai: ยอดเขาเคนยา
- Thai: เขาเคนยา
- Turkish: Kenya Dağı
- Ukrainian: Кенія
- Urdu: ماؤنٹ کینیا
- Urdu: کوہ کینیا
- Venetian: Monte Kenya
- Vietnamese: Núi Kenya
- Volapük: Kenyänabel
- Waray (Philippines): Bukid Kenya
- Welsh: Mynydd Cenia
- Welsh: Mynydd Kenya
- Western Panjabi: ماؤنٹ کینیا
- Wu Chinese: 肯尼亚山
- Yue Chinese: 肯雅山
- Kenėjės kalns
- Kilinyaga
Other Places Named Mount Kenya
- GikumboSchool in Kenya
- Mount Kenya barBar in Kenya
In the Area
Localities
- OltuliliVillage, 25 km northwest
- Maritati TownshipVillage, 26 km north
- TimauVillage, 28 km north
- IrangiVillage, 29 km southeast
Landmarks
- NelionPeak
- Krapf GlacierGlacier
- Point SladePeak
- Tyndall GlacierGlacier
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