Batian, Mount Kenya National Park
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Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian, Nelion and Point Lenana. Mount Kenya is located in the former Eastern and Central provinces of Kenya; its peak is now the intersection of Meru, Embu, Laikipia, Kirinyaga, Nyeri and Tharaka Nithi counties, about 9 kilometres south of the equator, around 150 km north-east of the capital Nairobi. Mount Kenya is the source of the name of the Republic of Kenya. ()
Alternative names: First ascent: 1899Elevation: 17057 ftProminence: 12549 ftCoordinates: 0°9'10"S, 37°18'33"E
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