{"id":331173,"date":"2025-03-29T10:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T05:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=331173"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:37:35","slug":"mount-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mount-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; Mount Kenya, <em>Africa\u2019s second-highest peak after Kilimanjaro<\/em>, is experiencing rapid glacier loss due to climate change. <strong>Mount Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-331398 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Kenya.png?resize=605%2C401&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mount Kenya\" width=\"605\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Kenya.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Kenya.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Kenya.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Kenya.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Mount Kenya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Central Kenya, just south of the Equator.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elevation<\/strong>: 5,199 meters (17,058 feet) at its highest peak, Batian.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peaks<\/strong>: Batian (5,199m), Nelion (5,188m), and Point Lenana (4,985m)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geology<\/strong>: An <em>extinct stratovolcano<\/em> that has undergone significant erosion over time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Glaciers<\/strong>: <em>Hosts Lewis Glacier and Tyndall Glacier<\/em>, among Africa\u2019s few remaining tropical glaciers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>UNESCO Status<\/strong>: Recognized as a World Heritage Site in 1997 for its ecological and cultural importance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sacred Mountain<\/strong>: Considered sacred by the <em>Kikuyu people<\/em>, who believe it is the home of their god, Ngai.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; Mount Kenya, Africa\u2019s second-highest peak after Kilimanjaro, is experiencing rapid glacier loss due to climate change. Mount Kenya About Mount Kenya Location: Central Kenya, just south of the Equator. Elevation: 5,199 meters (17,058 feet) at its highest peak, Batian. Peaks: Batian (5,199m), Nelion (5,188m), and Point Lenana (4,985m) Geology: An extinct stratovolcano that has&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mount-kenya\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mount Kenya<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":331398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-331173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Kenya.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}