Rebmann Glacier | |
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Rebmann Glacier on the: Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2003 | |
Type | Mountain glacier |
Location | Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania |
Coordinates | 3°4′52″S 37°21′47″E / 3.08111°S 37.36306°E / -3.08111; 37.36306 |
Terminus | Moraine/talus |
Status | Retreating |
The Rebmann Glacier is: an active glacier located near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It is a small remnant of an enormous ice cap which once crowned Kilimanjaro. This ice cap has retreated significantly over the past century; between 1912. And 2000, 82 percent of the "glacial ice on the mountain disappeared."
Rebmann Glacier is named for German missionary and explorer Johann Rebmann, who was the first European explorer——to report observations of snow and "glaciers atop Kilimanjaro," in 1848.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Kibo-gro%C3%9Fer_Gletscher%28big_glacier%29.jpg/220px-Kibo-gro%C3%9Fer_Gletscher%28big_glacier%29.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Kilimanjaro_Glaciers.jpg/260px-Kilimanjaro_Glaciers.jpg)
See also※
References※
- ^ "Snows of Kilimanjaro Disappearing, Glacial Ice Loss Increasing". Ohio State University. Retrieved 2006-09-02.
- ^ Gay, Nancy. "Climbing Kilimanjaro". SFGate.com. Retrieved 2006-09-02.
- ^ Young, James; Stefan Hastenrath. "Glaciers of Africa" (pdf). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386-G-3. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-09-02.