Mount Kenya
African stratovolcano
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Summary
Mount Kenya is an IUCN category II: National Park[1]. It draws 3,963 Wikipedia views per month (iucn category ii national park category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Man and the Biosphere Programme[3]
- Country: Kenya[4]
- Instance of: mountain[5]
- Made from material: syenite[6]
- Part of: Great Rift Valley[7], Seven Second Summits[8]
- Commons category: Mount Kenya[9]
- Highest point: Batian[10]
- Located in/on physical feature: East African Rift[11]
- Significant event: first ascent[12]
- Official website: https://www.mountkenya.org/[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Kenya[14]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
- Elevation above sea level: 5199 m[19]
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL: http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=KEN+01&mode=all[20]
- Topographic isolation: 323 km[21]
- Topographic prominence: 3825 m[22]
- Mountain range: Mount Kilimanjaro[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Mount Kenya[25]
Body
Influence
Things named for Mount Kenya include Kenya[26], a sovereign state[27], in Kenya[28], founded in 1963[29].
Why It Matters
Mount Kenya has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for it include Kenya[26], a sovereign state[27], in Kenya[28], founded in 1963[29].