Mount Kinangop

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| elevation_m = 3906

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| prominence_m = 530

| location = Kenya

| range = Aberdare Range

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| map_caption = Location in Kenya

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Mount Kinangop (or Ilkinangop) is a mountain in the southern Aberdare Range about {{convert|100|mi|km}} north of Nairobi, Kenya. It is within the Aberdare National Park.

A dormant volcano, Kinangop overlooks the Kinangop Plateau to the west and the Great Rift Valley beyond.{{sfn|Brewer|2005|p=223}} Kinangop is the second-highest mountain in the Aberdares after Mount Satima.{{sfn|Mani|1968|p=157}} The lower levels of the mountain have extensive bamboo forests. Higher up it is covered by tussock grasses.{{sfn|Wielochowski|1999}} The main peak is a rocky outcrop surrounded by open moorlands. Due to the height, temperatures are cool and may drop below freezing at night.{{sfn|Aberdares South to North}}

References

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{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Aberdares South to North}} |url=http://www.mck.or.ke/

|title=Aberdares South to North (Njabini to Mutubio)

|date=November 24, 2011

|publisher=Mountain Club of Kenya

|access-date=2011-12-29}}

{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94ZW-4rwKuAC&pg=PA223

|title=Beyond the Sangres: A Tale of Hope, Pain, And Courage

|first=Wesley C. |last=Brewer

|publisher=iUniverse |year=2005 |isbn=0-595-35068-2}}

{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4qSTCkniZoC&pg=PA157

|title=Ecology and biogeography of high altitude insects

|first=M. S. |last=Mani

|publisher=Springer |year=1968 |isbn=90-6193-114-2}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.kilimanjaro.cc/eam/Aberdares.htm

|title=Aberdare Mountains 3999m

|publisher=EWP

|first=Andrew |last=Wielochowski |year=1999

|access-date=2011-12-29}}

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