Little Penck Glacier is on
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and a ...
in
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
, on the west slope of the peak.
Once extending from the
Northern Ice Field, the glacier detached from the icefield by 1992.
A sizeable but stagnant ice body remains near the 1912 historical terminal end of the glacier.
[ The now vanished Great Penck and Uhlig Glaciers once flanked Little Penck Glacier to the north and south, respectively.][
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See also
*Retreat of glaciers since 1850
The retreat of glaciers since 1850 affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier-melt, and, in the longer term, the level of the oceans. Deglaciation occur ...
*List of glaciers in Africa
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 Sou ...
References
Glaciers of Tanzania
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