Mount Kenya

E81182

World Heritage Site extinct volcano mountain national park stratovolcano

Mount Kenya is an extinct stratovolcano in central Kenya and Africa’s second-highest mountain, renowned for its rugged peaks, glaciers, and alpine ecosystems.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Kenya canonical	32
Mount Kenya massif	5
Mount Kenya region	2
Mount Kenya glacial system	1
Mount Kenya glacier system	1
Mount Kenya main peaks	1
Nelion (Mt Kenya)	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ extinct volcano ⓘ mountain ⓘ national park ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ
climateZone	alpine ⓘ montane ⓘ subalpine ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor	Embu people ⓘ Kikuyu people ⓘ Meru people ⓘ
elevation	17057 ft ⓘ 5199 m ⓘ
firstAscentBy	César Ollier ⓘ Halford Mackinder ⓘ Joseph Brocherel ⓘ
firstAscentOfMainPeak	1899 ⓘ
geologicalAge	Pliocene to Pleistocene ⓘ
governingBody	Kenya Wildlife Service ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	endemic animal species ⓘ endemic plant species ⓘ
hasEcosystem	afro-alpine ecosystem ⓘ
hasGlacier	Cesar Glacier ⓘ Gregory Glacier ⓘ surface form: Darwin Glacier Forel Glacier ⓘ Gregory Glacier ⓘ Gregory Glacier ⓘ surface form: Heim Glacier Krapf Glacier ⓘ Lewis Glacier ⓘ Nanyuki Glacier ⓘ Tyndall Glacier ⓘ
hasLandUse	hydropower catchment ⓘ tourism destination ⓘ water catchment area ⓘ
hasPopularActivity	mountaineering ⓘ technical rock climbing ⓘ trekking ⓘ
hasPopularClimbingRoute	Chogoria route ⓘ Naro Moru route ⓘ Sirimon route ⓘ
hasSummit	Batian ⓘ Nelion ⓘ Point Lenana ⓘ
hasVegetationZone	bamboo forest ⓘ heath zone ⓘ montane forest ⓘ moorland ⓘ nival zone ⓘ
highestPeak	Batian ⓘ
highestPointOf	Kenya ⓘ
isSourceOfRiver	Ewaso Ng’iro ⓘ Thika River ⓘ surface form: Nanyuki River Tana River ⓘ Thika River ⓘ
lastEruption	Pleistocene epoch ⓘ surface form: Pleistocene
listedOn	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
locatedIn	Central Province, Kenya ⓘ surface form: central Kenya
locatedOnContinent	Africa ⓘ
meaningOfTraditionalName	place of brightness ⓘ
mountainRange	Mount Kenya self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mount Kenya massif
nearCity	Embu ⓘ Meru ⓘ Nanyuki ⓘ
partOf	East African Rift ⓘ surface form: Eastern Rift mountains
prominence	3825 m ⓘ
protectedBy	Mount Kenya National Park ⓘ
secondHighestMountainOf	Africa ⓘ
secondHighestPeak	Nelion ⓘ
thirdHighestPeak	Point Lenana ⓘ
traditionalName	Kirinyaga ⓘ
UNESCOExtensionYear	2013 ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1997 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	natural site ⓘ
volcanicStatus	extinct ⓘ
volcanoType	stratovolcano ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kenya → highestPoint → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Kenya → mountain → Mount Kenya ⓘ

East Africa → contains → Mount Kenya ⓘ

East African Rift → contains → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Afromontane forests → foundIn → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region

Kikuyu → region → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region

Mount Kenya → mountainRange → Mount Kenya self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya massif

Margherita Peak → higherPeaksInAfrica → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Gikuyu → traditionalSacredPlace → Mount Kenya ⓘ

subject surface form: Kikuyu

Gĩkũyũ → sacredMountain → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Kikuyu people → sacredMountain → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Thika River → flowsFrom → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Chogoria route → locatedOn → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Chogoria route → approaches → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya main peaks

Kirinyaga → traditionalNameFor → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Kirinyaga → worshipPracticedAt → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Batian → partOf → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Batian → mountainRange → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya massif

Batian → highestPointOf → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Batian → parentPeak → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Nelion → locatedIn → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Nelion → mountainRange → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya massif

Nelion → mapLabel → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nelion (Mt Kenya)

Point Lenana → partOf → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Point Lenana → mountainRange → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya massif

Mount Kenya National Park → locatedOn → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Mount Kenya National Park → protects → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Nanyuki Glacier → locatedOn → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Nanyuki Glacier → partOf → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya glacier system

Joseph Brocherel → placeOfActivity → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Joseph Brocherel → climbed → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Naro Moru route → locatedOn → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Embu → locatedOnSlopeOf → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Meru → locatedNear → Mount Kenya ⓘ

César Ollier → mountainClimbed → Mount Kenya ⓘ

César Ollier → mountain → Mount Kenya ⓘ

subject surface form: first recorded ascent of Mount Kenya

Nanyuki → locatedNear → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Meru people → sacredGeography → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Forel Glacier → locatedOn → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Forel Glacier → locatedInMountainRange → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya massif

Forel Glacier → partOf → Mount Kenya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Kenya glacial system

Embu people → sacredLandscape → Mount Kenya ⓘ

Kenyan → associatedWith → Mount Kenya ⓘ