Mount Meru is an active stratovolcano located 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Mount Kilimanjaro in the nation of Tanzania. At a height of 4565 metres (14977 ft) it is visible from Mt Kilimanjaro on a clear day and is the ninth or tenth highest mountain in Africa dependent on definition. Much of its bulk was lost about 8000[citation needed] years ago due to an eastward volcanic blast similar to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington.
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