Mount Kinangop
Hill in Kenya
title: "Mount Kinangop" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-kenya"] description: "Hill in Kenya" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-kenya" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kinangop" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Hill in Kenya ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kinangop Mountain |
| elevation_m | 3906 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 530 |
| location | Kenya |
| range | Aberdare Range |
| map | Kenya |
| map_caption | Location in Kenya |
| label_position | bottom |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
| name = Kinangop Mountain | photo = | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 3906 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 530 | location = Kenya | range = Aberdare Range | map = Kenya | map_caption = Location in Kenya | label_position = bottom | coordinates = | topo = | type = | age = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Mount Kinangop (or Ilkinangop) is a mountain in the southern Aberdare Range about 160 km north of Nairobi, Kenya. It is within the Aberdare National Park.
A dormant volcano, Kinangop overlooks the Kinangop Plateau to the west and the Great Rift Valley beyond. Kinangop is the second-highest peak in the Aberdares after Mount Satima. The lower levels of the mountain have extensive bamboo forests. Higher up it is covered by tussock grasses. The main peak is a rocky outcrop surrounded by open moorlands. Due to the altitude, temperatures are cool and may drop below freezing at night.
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- {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94ZW-4rwKuAC&pg=PA223 |title=Beyond the Sangres: A Tale of Hope, Pain, And Courage |first=Wesley C. |last=Brewer |publisher=iUniverse |year=2005 |isbn=0-595-35068-2}}
- {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4qSTCkniZoC&pg=PA157 |title=Ecology and biogeography of high altitude insects |first=M. S. |last=Mani |publisher=Springer |year=1968 |isbn=90-6193-114-2}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.kilimanjaro.cc/eam/Aberdares.htm |title=Aberdare Mountains 3999m |publisher=EWP |first=Andrew |last=Wielochowski |year=1999 |access-date=2011-12-29}}
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