Nelion | mountain peak, Kenya | Britannica (original) (raw)

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peaks of Mount Kenya

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  In East African mountains: Physiography
  …of Batian (17,057 feet) and Nelion (17,022 feet) are closely followed in height by Lenana (16,355 feet).
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  In Mount Kenya
  …Batian (17,058 feet [5,199 metres]), Nelion (17,022 feet [5,188 metres]), and Point Lenana (16,355 feet [4,985 metres]). This long-extinct volcano is much eroded, and the highest peaks consist of the crystalline nepheline syenite that plugged the former vent. Radiating from the central peaks are ridges separated by seven principal valleys.…
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