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<center>''Were you looking for the [[Killimanjaro Medal]]?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for the [[Killimanjaro Medal]]?''</center> | ||
[[File:15099282-Full2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mount Kilimanjaro viewed from the banks of a river on the | [[File:15099282-Full2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mount Kilimanjaro viewed from the banks of a river on the southern slopes.]] | ||
Located in [[Tanzania]], near the border of [[Kenya]], '''Mount Kilimanjaro''' is one of the [[Earth]]'s most famous mountains, certainly the most famous [[Africa]]n mountain. It is the tallest mountain in the African continent, and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, at approximately 5,895 meters (19,341 feet), although it is actually a strato-volcanic. Its name translates roughly from [[Swahili]] into "White Hill." | Located in [[Tanzania]], near the border of [[Kenya]], '''Mount Kilimanjaro''' is one of the [[Earth]]'s most famous mountains, certainly the most famous [[Africa]]n mountain. It is the tallest mountain in the African continent, and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, at approximately 5,895 meters (19,341 feet), although it is actually a strato-volcanic. Its name translates roughly from [[Swahili]] into "White Hill." | ||
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During the final hours of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[the Librarian]] oversaw the construction, activation, and burial of the nearby [[Installation 00|Ark]] [[the Portal|portal]]. After destroying her [[Keyship]]s, she spent her last days near the mountain. She described Kilimanjaro as "a beautiful thing - a snowcapped sentinel".<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal 6]]''</ref> | During the final hours of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[the Librarian]] oversaw the construction, activation, and burial of the nearby [[Installation 00|Ark]] [[the Portal|portal]]. After destroying her [[Keyship]]s, she spent her last days near the mountain. She described Kilimanjaro as "a beautiful thing - a snowcapped sentinel".<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal 6]]''</ref> | ||
In the 24th century, melted water from Kilimanjaro was collected by the [[Global Water Campaign]]'s [[Mount Kilimanjaro Water Plant]],<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Earth'']</ref> processed and sent along the [[GWC Trans-African Pipelines]] along the [[Tsavo Highway]] for use across the rest of the African continent. By the 26th Century this facility has fallen into disrepair and is overgrown in jungle after more than a century of neglect.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13287 '''Bungie.net''': ''Ghost Town Revealed'']</ref> One of GWC's installations, the [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]] | In the 24th century, melted water from Kilimanjaro was collected by the [[Global Water Campaign]]'s [[Mount Kilimanjaro Water Plant]],<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Earth'']</ref> processed and sent along the [[GWC Trans-African Pipelines]] along the [[Tsavo Highway]] for use across the rest of the African continent. By the 26th Century this facility has fallen into disrepair and is overgrown in jungle after more than a century of neglect.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13287 '''Bungie.net''': ''Ghost Town Revealed'']</ref> One of GWC's installations, the [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]], was still operational by the 26<sup>th</sup> century. | ||
===Battle of Earth=== | ===Battle of Earth=== | ||