Mount Kilimanjaro at height of 5,895 metres [19,341 feet] above sea level is the tallest mountain on the African continent and the highest free-standing mountain in the world with its three volcanic cones, Kibo which is dormant and could erupt again but Mawenzi and Shira are extinct. Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain – that is, not part of a mountain range, such as the Himalayas – in the world, at 5,895 meters above sea level. It actually comprises three volcanic peaks, the large