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IT is nearly a century since Kilimanjaro was discovered, a snow-capped mountain 200 miles south of the equator, and the highest point in Africa. Until recently it was thought to be quite extinct, but expeditions during the last few years have produced evidence of a recrudescence of activity in the broad Kibo crater which forms the more easterly of the twin summits.
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KENT, P. Kilimanjaro: An Active Volcano. Nature 153, 454–455 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153454a0
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