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Furtwängler Glacier (foreground) on Mount Kilimanjaro as it appeared in August 2003. Behind the glacier are snowfields and the Northern Icefield.
Africa, specifically East Africa , has contained glacial regions, possibly as far back as the last glacial maximum 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Seasonal snow does exist on the highest peaks of East Africa as well as in the Drakensberg Range of South Africa, the Stormberg Mountains , and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Currently, the only remaining glaciers on the continent exist on Mount Kilimanjaro , Mount Kenya , and the Rwenzori .[1]
List of glaciers [ edit ]
(All located on the upper slopes of Mount Kenya [2]
Mr. Ali Cesar Glacier
Diamond Glacier
Darwin Glacier (Kenya)
Forel Glacier
Gregory Glacier
Heim Glacier
Josef Glacier
Kraph Glacier
Lewis Glacier
Northey Glacier
Tyndall Glacier
Speke Glacier[3]
Elena
Stanley
Baker
Tanzania [ edit ]
All Tanzanian glaciers are located on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro . The mountain had 16 named glaciers and three icefields in the middle of the 20th century but by the 1990s, at least 4 glaciers had disappeared and the remaining glaciers had retreated.[4]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Hastenrath, Stefan (1984). The Glaciers of Equatorial East Africa ISBN 978-90-277-1572-2
^ Kaser, Georg; Noggler, Bernd (1991). "Observations on Speke Glacier, Ruwenzori Range, Uganda" . Journal of Glaciology . 37 Bibcode :1991JGlac..37..313K . doi :10.1017/S0022143000005736
^ Young, James A.T. (1991). "Glaciers of the Middle East and Africa - Glaciers of Africa" (pdf) . U. S. Geological Survey. Retrieved October 8, 2014 .
^ a b N. J. Cullen; P. Sirguey; T. M¨olg; G. Kaser; M. Winkler; S. J. Fitzsimons (2013). "A century of ice retreat on Kilimanjaro: the mapping reloaded" (pdf) . The Cryosphere . 7 Bibcode :2013TCry....7..419C . doi :10.5194/tc-7-419-2013
External links [ edit ]
Vidal, John (June 2, 2012), "Race to map Africa's forgotten glaciers before they melt away" , The Guardian , retrieved February 27, 2024
Morrison, Dan (March 25, 2008), " , National Geographic
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_glaciers_in_Africa&oldid=1210638630 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● G l a c i e r s o f A f r i c a ● A f r i c a - r e l a t e d l i s t s ● L i s t s o f g l a c i e r s ● T r o p i c a l g l a c i e r s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a
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