Arrow Glacier | |
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![]() NASA image from 2004 with locations of major glaciers on Mount Kilimanjaro. Arrow Glacier is unmarked at bottom left near Diamond Glacier. Click on image to expand. | |
Type | Mountain glacier |
Location | Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania |
Coordinates | 03°04′00″S 37°20′40″E / 3.06667°S 37.34444°E |
Length | .25 km (0.16 mi) |
Terminus | Talus |
Status | Retreating |
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Arrow Glacier is located near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the west slope of the peak and is a small remnant of an icecap which once crowned the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. The glacier is situated at an elevation of between 5,470 and 5,300 metres (17,950 and 17,390 ft).[1] Arrow Glacier is adjacent to a climbing route known as the Western Breach/Arrow Glacier Route or more commonly, the Lemosho Route.[2] Arrow Glacier is a recently named glacial remnant that may not even exist as of 2011. It was what remained of an earlier glacier known as the Little Barranco Glacier.[3]