Rebmann Glacier | |
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Type | Mountain glacier |
Location | Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania |
Coordinates | 3°4′52″S 37°21′47″E / 3.08111°S 37.36306°E |
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]