Original vintage travel advertising poster Lufthansa Kilimanjaro Tanzania

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Original vintage airline travel advertising poster for Lufthansa, Kilimanjaro. Printed in Germany, there are markings 45260, 2530/ Kenia 1/69. It might be that the poster was printed in January 1969, but there in no clear reference to the date of printing. Great image of a snowy peak of the Mount Kilimanjaro see through the thick bushes of savannah. Good condition, light bumps and tears on margins, fold line on the top right corner. Mount Kilimanjaro From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Kilimanjaro )"Kilimanjaro" redirects here. For other uses, see Kilimanjaro (disambiguation) .Kilimanjaro Kibo Summit of Kilimanjaro Elevation 5,895 m (19,341 ft) [1] Prominence 5,885 m (19,308 ft) [2] Ranked 4th Listing Seven Summits Volcanic Seven Summits Country highest point Ultra Location Kilimanjaro Tanzania Coordinates 3°4′33″S 37°21′12″E Coordinates : 3°4′33″S 37°21′12″E Topo map Kilimanjaro map and guide by Wielochowski [3] Geology Type Stratovolcano Last eruption None in recorded history Climbing First ascent 1889 by Hans Meyer , Ludwig Purtscheller Easiest route Hike Kibo 3D Mount Kilimanjaro from the air Historical map with " Kilima-Ndscharo " in German East Africa , 1888 Kilimanjaro , with its three volcanic cones , Kibo , Mawenzi , and Shira , is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park , Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet above sea level (the Uhuru Peak /Kibo Peak ). [4] Contents [ hide ] 1 Geology 2 Name 3 First ascent 4 Mapping 5 Trekking Kilimanjaro 6 Unique vegetation 7 Unusual spotting of animals 8 Physical features 8.1 Ice 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links [edit ]Geology Kilimanjaro is composed of three distinct volcanic cones: Kibo 5,895 m (19,341 ft); Mawenzi 5,149 m (16,893 ft); and Shira 3,962 m (13,000 ft). Uhuru Peak is the highest summit on Kibo's crater rim.Kilimanjaro is a giant stratovolcano that began forming a million years ago, when lava spilled from the Rift Valley zone. Two of its three peaks, Mawenzi and Shira, are extinct while Kibo (the highest peak) is dormant and could erupt again. The last major eruption has been dated to 360,000 years ago, while the most recent activity was recorded just 200 years ago.Although it is dormant, Kibo has fumaroles that emit gas in the crater. Scientists concluded in 2003 that molten magma is just 400 m (1,310 ft) below the summit crater .[ citation needed ] Several collapses and landslides have occurred on Kibo in the past, one creating the area known as the Western Breach . [edit ]Name It is unknown where the name Kilimanjaro originates, but a number of theories exist. European explorers had adopted the name by 1860 and reported that it was its Swahili name, [5] with Kilimanjaro breaking into Kilima (Swahili for "hill, little mountain") and Njaro ,[6] whose supposed origin varies according to the theories—according to some it is an ancient Swahili word for white or for shining ,[7] or for the non-Swahili origin, a word from the Kichagga language , the word jaro meaning "caravan". The problem with all these is that they cannot explain why the diminutive kilima is used instead of the proper word for mountain, mlima . The name might be a local joke, referring to the "little hill of the Njaro " being the biggest mountain on the African continent, since this is a nearby town, and guides recount that it is the Hill of the Njaro people. A different approach is to assume that it comes from the Kichagga kilmanare or kileajao meaning "which defeats the bird/leopard/caravan". However this theory cannot explain the fact that Kilimanjaro was never used in Kichagga before in Europe in the mid-19th century. [5] An alternative theory is as follows: On November 10, 1848, the German missionary Rebmann wrote in his diary:"This morning we discerned the Mountains of Jagga more distinctly than ever." Jagga was the pronunciation of Chagga by Europeans. Kilimanjaro may also be the European pronunciation of the Chagga phrase that "Kile-lema... read more

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