The first summit is Mount Kilimanjaro as Africa's highest peak at 5,895 meters (19,341 feet) above sea level. Kilimanjaro also one of only two of the Seven Summits also the list of the Volcanic Seven Summits. Kilimanjaro is higher than the other Seven Summit volcano, Elbrus.



Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano located in Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania. The mountain is made up of three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, with Kibo being the highest part of the mountain.



The cones of Shira and Mawenzi are completely extinct, but the Kibo cone is just dormant. Kilimanjaro has had no major eruptions for the past 360,000 years, there has been some activity in the volcano (Kibo) within the past 200 years.



Rockslides often occur on Kibo, with one occurring as recently as January 2006 which killed three climbers.