Glaciers
| Name | Reason for naming | Named by | Date named | Area (km2) | Date when this area was recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | Named as a memorial to Prof. Henry Carvell Lewis who revolutionised views on British and American glacial geology. | Gregory | by 1894 | 0.3 | 1983 |
| Gregory | Named after Dr. J. W. Gregory, who was the first European to reach the glaciers of Mount Kenya in 1892 (1893?). | Mackinder | by 1900 | 0.08 | 1983 |
| Tyndall | Named after John Tyndall, who wrote works on Alpine Glaciers, movements of glaciers and glaciation. | Gregory | by 1900 | 0.09 | 1983 |
| Forel | Named after Forel, a Swiss geologist. Named because it was useful for the glaciers to have names when they were being surveyed. | Gregory | 0.03 | 1983 | |
| Heim | Named after Heim, a Swiss geologist. Named because it was useful for the glaciers to have names when they were being surveyed. | Gregory | 0.02 | 1983 | |
| Krapf | Named after Dr Krapf, who was the first European to see the mountain in 1849. | Mackinder | by 1900 | 0.04 | 1983 |
| Barlow | Named after A. R. Barlow, who ascended to the peaks three times and made a collection of photographs of the mountain. | Melhuish and Arthur | Last recorded 1926 | ||
| Cesar | Named after Cesar Ollier, a guide on Mackinder's expedition in 1899. | Mackinder | by 1900 | 0.03 | 1983 |
| Darwin | Named after Charles Darwin, who made the first precise description of a glacial corrie in Britain. | Gregory | by 1929 | 0.04 | 1983 |
| Diamond | Named because it is so hard. | Mackinder | 1899 | 0.01 | 1983 |
| Josef | Named after Josef Brocherel, a guide on Mackinder's expedition in 1899. | Gregory Mackinder or Arthur and Melhuish | by 1900 | 0.03 | 1983 |
| Melhuish | Named after J. D. Melhuish, who was responsible for most of the first maps and photographs of the mountain. | Arthur | Last recorded 1978 | ||
| Northey | Named after Major-General Sir Edward Northey, a Governor of Kenya in the 1920s. | Melhuish and Arthur | 0.03 | 1983 | |
| Kolbe | Named after Dr Kolbe, who reached the open moorland above the eastern forest on Mount Kenya. | Gregory Mackinder or Melhuish and Arthur | by 1900 | Last recorded 1947 | |
| Mackinder | Last recorded 1899 | ||||
| Northwest Piggott | Last recorded 1926 | ||||
| Arthur | Last recorded 1926 | ||||
| Peter | Last recorded 1926 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Names On Mount Kenya