Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (5,199 m), Nelion (5,188 m) and Point Lenana (4,985 m). Mount Kenya is located in central Kenya, just south of the equator, around 150 km north-northeast of the capital Nairobi. Mount Kenya is the source of the name of the Republic of Kenya. Mount Kenya is a stratovolcano created approximately 3 million years after the opening of the East African rift.
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Because of the cracks the Pulpit Rock will at some point fall down, but all the geological investigations have revealed that this event will not happen in the foreseeable future.
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