Lakes
| Name | Reason for naming | Named by | Date named | Co-ordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr Lakes | Named after Ernest Carr, who discovered the Carr Lakes and erected two huts on the mountain. He build a road up the east side of the mountain from Chogoria, and was the founder of the Mountain Club of East Africa. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Lake Ellis | Named after Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, who was the first European to reach the lake in 1927. | Dutton | ||
| Gitchini Tarn (now known as Hanging Tarn) | Named after Gitchini, the personal servant of Melhuish, who accompanied him on many expeditions. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Hall Tarns | Named after F. G. Hall, the District Commissioner at Fort Hall. | Mackinder | by 1900 | |
| Harris Tarn | Named after P. Wyn Harris, who made the first ascent of Nelion and second ascent of Batian with Shipton in 1929. | Dutton | 1926-1929 | |
| Lake Höhnel | Named after Lieut. Ludwig von Höhnel, who was the cartographer on Teleki's expedition to the mountain. | Gregory | 1894 | |
| Lake Michaelson | Named after a friend of Mackinder who took an interest in his expedition in 1899. | Mackinder | by 1900 | |
| Teleki Tarns | Named after Count Samuel Teleki, who led the first expedition to penetrate the forest zone of Mount Kenya in 1887. | Gregory | by 1894 | |
| Thompson Tarns | Named after W. Bird Thompson, who was the leader of the British East African expedition to the mountain in 1891. | Gregory | ||
| Gallery Tarn | Named for its appearance. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Curling Pond | Arthur taught Melhuish to curl on this pond. | Melhuish | 1919 | |
| Hook Tarn | Named after Raymond Hook. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Simba Tarn | Porters insisted they saw a lion here in 1924. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Lake Alice | Named after the Duchess of Gloucester, who visited Kenya just after the lake was discovered. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Polishman's Tarn | Named because a Polish artist was looking for a good view of the peaks and was directed to this tarn. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Kikami | Kikami is the Kĩkũyũ word for hyrax, and there are lots of hyrax here. | Melhuish and Dutton | ||
| Hanging Tarn (used to be known as Gitchini Tarn) | Melhuish and Dutton | |||
| Oblong Tarn | ||||
| Square Tarn | ||||
| Kami Tarn | ||||
| Emerald Tarn | ||||
| Nanyuki Tarn | The tarn is named after the river that it flows into. Nanyuki means red-brown in Maasai; the colour of the river when it floods in the wet season. | |||
| Hut Tarn | ||||
| Tyndall Tarn | ||||
| Lewis Tarn | ||||
| Hidden Tarn | ||||
| Enchanted Lake | ||||
| Kech Tarn | ||||
| Lake Rutundu | ||||
| Naro Moru Tarn | ||||
| Sacred Lake |
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