Africa, specificallyEast Africa, has containedglacial regions, possibly as far back as thelast glacial maximum 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Seasonal snow does exist on the highest peaks of East Africa as well as in theDrakensberg Range of South Africa, theStormberg Mountains, and theAtlas Mountains in Morocco. Currently, the only remaining glaciers on the continent exist onMount Kilimanjaro,Mount Kenya, and theRwenzori.[1]
(All located on the upper slopes ofMount Kenya[2])
All Tanzanian glaciers are located on the summit ofMount Kilimanjaro. The mountain had 16 named glaciers and three icefields in the middle of the 20th century but by the 1990s, at least 4 glaciers had disappeared and the remaining glaciers had retreated.[4]