The Mt. Kilimanjaro Impact

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Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro was caused by a meteor impact that punched a hole in the crust of the Earth, which then allowed the lava to flow and the mountain to form as a volcano. The evidence of this is in the series of concentric seismic circles around the mountain. These circles are the remains of the seismic waves that emanated from the impact. These seismic circles expanded over Africa, and the world and put form and location to many of the lakes, rivers and mountains.

Seismic circles from the Kilimanjaro Impact

The kmz files for these circles are here
Kili59km
Kili556km
Kili920km
Kili1527km
Kili2220km
Kili2980km

Depending on your browser, the kmz file will either save to file, where clicking on the file will open it in Google Earth, or it will open in Google Earth directly. The kmz files focuse on the yellow dots that show the most obvious geographic features that form the circle. There may be others. In Google Earth you can examine these features in detail, and perhaps others along the way.

The primary seismic wave of this impact was the cause of the volcanoes to the West northwest at about 920 km radius, which describe a large part of the Great Rift Valley. This meteor probably came in very fast from the East northeast to form the circle of lakes and volcanoes. This primary seismic circle is very prominent. The Kilimanjaro Meteor Impact was the cause of Lake Tanganyika, to the Southwest, and Lake Kivu, Lake Edward, and Lake Albert to the north along the circle line. The above image is linked to a larger image for more detail.	The kmz file for this seismic circle is HERE!	In addition to causing volcanoes and the lakes, these geophysical features then became the political borders between the countries in eastern Africa.

There are a number of other circles that have been noted. Links to their kmz files are below.

Kili5930km
Kili8607km
Kili11299km
Kili14100km
Kili15546km
Kili15648km
Kili15694km
Kili15739km

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