Monte Kali

{{short description|Mountain in Germany}}

{{Hatnote|"Kalimanjaro" redirects here. For the highest mountain in Africa (notice the spelling), see Mount Kilimanjaro. For other uses of the word "Kilimanjaro", see Kilimanjaro (disambiguation).}}

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| name = Monte Kali

| photo = Salzberg kaliwerk wintershall heringen.jpg

| photo_caption = Monte Kali and Hornungskuppe hill

| elevation_m = 520

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|title=Information und Zahlen zum Monte Kali|url=https://www.kalimuseum.de/monte_kali/zahlen_daten_fakten/information_und_zahlen_zum_monte_kali.html|language=de|publisher=City of Heringen (Werra)|access-date=2021-10-10}}

| prominence_m = 132

| prominence_ref = over Friedewald (388 m) (Dreienberg, 524 m)

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| location = Heringen, Hesse, Germany

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| coordinates={{coord|50|54|17|N|9|59|20|E|region:DE_NW_type:mountain_dim:10km|display=title,inline}}

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Monte Kali and Kalimanjaro are local colloquial names for the spoil heap or spoil tip that towers over the town of Heringen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of a number of sites where the K+S chemical company dumps sodium chloride (common table salt), a byproduct of potash mining and processing, a major industry in the area.

The names are puns of Kali (shorthand for {{lang|de|Kalisalz}}, German for "potash") on "Monte Carlo" and "Kilimanjaro." The heap is near to the border with the state of Thuringia, and hence next to the former inner German border with what was once East Germany.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/50%C2%B054%2717.0%22N+9%C2%B059%2720.0%22E/@50.904722,9.988889,5409m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en Monte Kali on Google Satellite Maps]

File:Heringen - Monte Kali cropped.jpg]]

The heap rises over {{convert|250|m|ft}} above the surrounding land, its summit reaching {{convert|520|m|ft}} above sea level. According to the Werra Potash Mining Museum in Heringen, Monte Kali has been in operation since 1976; as of August 2016, it covered {{convert|98|ha|acre}} and contained approximately 201 million tonnes of salt, with another 900 tonnes being added every hour and 7.2 million tonnes a year.{{cite web |url=http://kalimuseum.heringen.de/index.php?menueid=0&m1=7&m2=&m3=&artikel=255|title=Information und Zahlen zum Monte Kali |language=de|trans-title=Information and Figures about Monte Kali|publisher=Werra Kalibergbau Museum, Heringen|date=January 2014|access-date=2014-09-24 }}