Other Features
| Name | Type of feature | Reason for naming | Named by | Date named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipton's Cave | Cave | Named after E. E. Shipton, who used the cave as a base camp when exploring the northern side of the mountain with Tilman in 1930. | ||
| Vivienne Falls | Waterfall | Named after Miss Vivienne de Watteville, who was an explorer on the mountain when Shipton was there in 1929. | Mackinder | |
| The Gates | Waterfall | Named after the gorge that the Nithi River runs through. | by 1926 | |
| Vertical Bog | ||||
| Foxes Cave | Cave | |||
| Kampi ya Farasi | ||||
| Kampi ya Machengeni | ||||
| Percival's Bridge | ||||
| The Scoop | ||||
| Raguti Springs | Soda water springs | Mentioned by Dutton | ||
| Mbairunyi | Clearing in the bamboo zone at 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) | The name means "Place of Fighting". According to Dutton it is the highest point to which the local people used to climb on Mount Kenya, and is the site of a fight between the Embu and Meru. | Named before Dutton | |
| Gacheno | Small glade in the forest zone | The name means "Place of Danger" as the local people were afraid of starvation this high on the mountain. | Named before Dutton | |
| Kethimbui | Small glade in the forest zone. | The name means "Place of Rest". | Named before Dutton | |
| The Temple | 300 metres (1,000 ft) cliff | |||
| The Saddle | Moorland, large area between main peaks and Ithanguni | Mackinder | 1899 | |
| Firmin's Tower | A pillar of rock on the north face of Batian | Arthur Firmin climbed this tower on the first ascent of the North Face Standard Route up Batian | 1944 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Names On Mount Kenya
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