 To the north of Kilimanjaro lies Mount Kenya , which at 5 @,@ 199 m ( 17 @,@ 057 ft ) is the second tallest mountain on the continent . Mount Kenya has a number of small glaciers that have lost at least 45 % of their mass since the middle of the 20th century . According to research compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ) , there were eighteen glaciers atop Mount Kenya in 1900 , and by 1986 only eleven remained . The total area covered by glaciers was 1 @.@ 6 km2 ( 0 @.@ 62 sq mi ) in 1900 , however by the year 2000 only about 25 % , or 0 @.@ 4 km2 ( 0 @.@ 15 sq mi ) remained . To the west of Mounts Kilimanjaro and Kenya , the Ruwenzori Range rises to 5 @,@ 109 m ( 16 @,@ 762 ft ) . Photographic evidence indicates a marked reduction in glacially covered areas over the past century . In the 35 @-@ year period between 1955 and 1990 , glaciers on the Rwenzori Mountains receded about 40 % . It is expected that due to their proximity to the heavy moisture of the Congo region , the glaciers in the Ruwenzori Range may recede at a slower rate than those on Kilimanjaro or in Kenya . 
