Packet 10: Tossup 14

In 1993, E. B. Knox discovered a genus of a species of water-holding giant groundsels named for this mountain. Johan Rebmann described the “dazzling whiteness” of a glacier on this mountain (15[3])now named for him. The Chagga people (-5[1])govern (15[1]-5[1])the (15[2])resort (15[1])town (15[2])of (15[1])Moshi (15[1])adjacent to this mountain. (15[3]-5[1])Landslides along this mountain created the Western Breach (15[1])and the Barranco Wall. (15[1])This mountain’s (15[1])large ice cap contains (-5[1])the (*) Furtwängler Glacier. The Saddle plateau (10[1])separates this mountain’s jagged Mawenzi peak (10[2])from the snow-capped (10[1])Kibo (10[3])cone. (10[3]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[2])Uhuru (-5[1])peak is the summit of what dormant volcano in Tanzania (10[2])that is the tallest (10[1])mountain (10[1])in Africa? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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