Round 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[1])now named for him. The Chagga people govern the resort town of Moshi adjacent to this mountain. (15[2])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 the (*) Furtwängler Glacier. The Saddle plateau separates this mountain’s jagged Mawenzi peak (10[1])from the snow-capped Kibo cone. (10[1])For 10 points, Uhuru peak is the summit of what dormant volcano in Tanzania that is the tallest mountain in Africa? ■END■

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