Mount Kilimanjaro & Lake Tanganyika: Locations & Superlatives

Mount Kilimanjaro – Northeastern Tanzania, near Kenya border. Africa's highest peak (5,895 m / 19,341 ft); world's tallest free-standing mountain.

Lake Tanganyika – East-central Africa, bordering Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, Zambia. World's longest freshwater lake (673 km / 418 mi); 2nd deepest (1,470 m); 2nd largest by volume.

Both lie in the East African Rift system—Kilimanjaro a volcanic giant, Tanganyika a rift valley lake.