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How can the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro be glacial when it is located so close to the equator?

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Mount Kilimanjaro lies just 205 miles from the equator, in the country of Tanzania. ... as they thought it was impossible for ice to form so close to the hot, equatorial sun. ... Mawenzi is a craggy peak that ranks as the third highest peak in Africa, after Kibo ... However, Kibo is considered a dormant volcano; it can erupt again!

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