Rebmann Glacier

Rebmann Glacier
Rebmann Glacier on the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2003
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Type	Mountain glacier
Location	Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Coordinates	3°4′52″S37°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. ^[1]

Rebmann Glacier is named for German missionary and explorer Johann Rebmann, ^[2] who was the first European explorer to report observations of snow and glaciers atop Kilimanjaro, in 1848. ^[3]

Vertical margin wall of the Rebmann Glacier in 2005 with Mount Meru, which is 70 kilometres (43 mi) away, in the background.

NASA image from 2004 with locations of major glaciers on Mount Kilimanjaro. Areas not identified are generally small remnant glaciers or snowfields.

See also

• Retreat of glaciers since 1850
• List of glaciers in Africa

References

1. "Snows of Kilimanjaro Disappearing, Glacial Ice Loss Increasing". Ohio State University. Retrieved 2006-09-02.
2. Gay, Nancy. "Climbing Kilimanjaro". SFGate.com. Retrieved 2006-09-02.
3. Young, James; Stefan Hastenrath. "Glaciers of Africa" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386-G-3. U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2006-09-02.