View Snow Capped Mountain In Africa PNG. The mountain's other two summits, nelion and lenana, stand at 17,021ft (5188m) and 16,355ft (4985m), respectively. These high altitude snowfields aren't prolific enough for skiing, however.
The mountains are related to the east african rift, and are in two chains, the western rift includes the virunga mountains, mitumba mountains, and the rwenzori range, while the mountains to the east include the largest peaks in africa:
In 1889, german geographer hans meyer and austrian mountaineer ludwig purtscheller became the first people on record to reach the summit of kilimanjaro. Mount kilimanjaro is snow covered, because it snows there and the snow does not melt fast enough. It is an inactive volcano and part of the albertine rift. Kili at 5,895 meters high, mount kilimanjaro is africa's highest mountain and affectionately called simply kili.