Site Represents a site. Prim Media 1004 Contact psr1@st-andrews.ac.uk Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mount Kilimanjaro National Park Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived wordlheritage2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource psr1 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 549 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,-3.049943052317152,37.35991122944572; Description An account of the resource Mount Kilimanjaro National Park covers an area of 1668 sq km and is located in northern Tanzania close to the town of Moshi, 200 miles South of the Equator. the Park has been a game reserve since 1921 and was designated a National Park in 1973. The park was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. the rainforest is home to many species of animals and birds including, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, reaching a height of 5895 meters (19,336 feet). It is a dormant volcano, with the diameter at its base being 40 miles. There are two main snow capped peaks, Kibo and Mawenzi. The vegetation around and up the mountain is very diverse and varied. Montane forest occurs between 1700 m and 2800m. From about 2800m to 4000m it is a Semi-Desert where giant groundsels (Senecio Kilimanjari) that seem to guard the heights, are abundant. above 4000m the landscape is alpine desert which supports little life other than mosses and lichen. From here to the summit the land gradually changes into barren, bare rock and loose scree slopes. The summit, Uhuru Peak (5895m), is on the volcanic crater rim, with glaciers on the surrounding slopes and in the crater are several ice fields. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 10/05/2022 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 05/10/2022 07:36:05 pm Subject The topic of the resource Immovable Culture Heritage Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Mount Kilimanjaro National Park Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT africa mountain wildlife