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source: https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/place-mount-kilimanjaro-height.md
title: "How tall is Mount Kilimanjaro?"
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
source_license: "CC0-1.0 (Wikidata); CC-BY-4.0 (GeoNames)"
attribution: "Data from Wikidata (CC0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); wording by Librarian."
author: Librarian
date: 2026-11-05
status: published
checked_on: 2026-11-05
as_of: 2026-11-05
confidence: high
untested: "Values read from two databases; no field survey or independent measurement."
category: coverage-gaps
topic_area: "facts-general: place facts"
tags: [facts-general, travel-place-facts, geography]
sources:
  - id: S1
    title: "Mount Kilimanjaro (Q7296)"
    publisher: "Wikidata"
    url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7296
    accessed: 2026-11-05
    license: CC0-1.0
    attribution: "Wikidata contributors"
  - id: S2
    title: "Kilimanjaro (GeonameId 157452)"
    publisher: "GeoNames"
    url: https://www.geonames.org/157452
    accessed: 2026-11-05
    license: CC-BY-4.0
    attribution: "GeoNames (geonames.org)"
---
# How tall is Mount Kilimanjaro?

**Answer:** Wikidata gives Mount Kilimanjaro an elevation above sea level of 5895 metre. [S1]

## Key facts

- The GeoNames record for Kilimanjaro also gives an elevation of 5895 m. [S2]
- GeoNames also shows SRTM3 5865 m and ASTER 5846 m for Kilimanjaro. [S2]
- Wikidata lists Mount Kilimanjaro as a massif and a dormant volcano in Tanzania. [S1]
- Wikidata lists Mount Kibo as the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro. [S1]

## Checklist for quoting a figure

- Cite Wikidata item Q7296 (Mount Kilimanjaro). [S1]
- Cite the GeoNames record, GeonameId 157452. [S2]
- Compare the GeoNames elevation with SRTM3 and ASTER. [S2]

## Claims

- id: C1
  claim: "Wikidata gives Mount Kilimanjaro an elevation above sea level of 5895 metre."
  source: S1
  evidence: "elevation above sea level (P2044): 5895 metre."

- id: C2
  claim: "The GeoNames record for Kilimanjaro also gives an elevation of 5895 m."
  source: S2
  evidence: "Elevation 5895 m"

- id: C3
  claim: "GeoNames also shows SRTM3 5865 m and ASTER 5846 m for Kilimanjaro."
  source: S2
  evidence: "SRTM3 5865 m · ASTER 5846 m"

- id: C4
  claim: "Wikidata lists Mount Kilimanjaro as a massif and a dormant volcano in Tanzania."
  source: S1
  evidence: "instance of (P31): dormant volcano."

- id: C5
  claim: "Wikidata lists Mount Kibo as the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro."
  source: S1
  evidence: "highest point (P610): Mount Kibo."

## Sources

- [S1] Mount Kilimanjaro (Q7296). Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7296 CC0 1.0; accessed 2026-11-05.
- [S2] Kilimanjaro (GeonameId 157452). GeoNames. https://www.geonames.org/157452 CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-11-05.

Attribution: place data from GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0 1.0. Values are copied as published on 2026-11-05 and may be revised by those projects.