Valleys
| Name | Reason for naming | Named by | Date named |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carr Valley | 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 | |
| Gorges Valley | Named after Brig-General Edmund Howard Gorges, who reinforced Mackinder's expedition in 1899. | Mackinder | by 1900 |
| Hausberg Valley | Named after C. B. Hausberg, who attained the summit of Batian with Mackinder, and was the photographer of the expedition. | Mackinder | by 1900 |
| Hinde Valley | Named after Sidney Langford Hinde, who assisted Mackinder's expedition. | Mackinder | by 1900 |
| Hobley Valley | Named after C. W. Hobley, who made an expedition to the mountain with Dundas in 1891 where they traversed the forest zone. The expedition probably would have reached this valley, had they penetrated the forest. | Gregory | by 1900 |
| Höhnel Valley | Named after Lieut. Ludwig von Höhnel, who was the cartographer on Teleki's expedition to the mountain. | Gregory | by 1894 |
| Teleki Valley | Named after Count Samuel Teleki, who led the first expedition to penetrate the forest zone of Mount Kenya in 1887. The expedition entered this valley. | Gregory | by 1894 |
| Mackinder Valley | Named after Mackinder, who made the first ascent of Batian in 1899. | by 1900 | |
| Guaso Mairi Valley | This valley was named after the river that originates here. | Gregory |
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Famous quotes containing the word valleys:
“It was a comfort in those succeeding days to sit up and contemplate the majestic panorama of mountains and valleys spread out below us and eat ham and hard boiled eggs while our spiritual natures reveled alternately in rainbows, thunderstorms, and peerless sunsets. Nothing helps scenery like ham and eggs.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“But oh, not the hills of Habersham,
And oh, not the valleys of Hall
Avail: I am fain for to water the plain.
Downward, the voices of Duty call—
Downward, to toil and be mixed with the main,
The dry fields burn, and the mills are to turn,
And a myriad flowers mortally yearn,
And the lordly main from beyond the plain
Calls o’er the hills of Habersham,
Calls through the valleys of Hall.”
—Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
“... often in the heat of noonday, leaning on a hoe, looking across valleys at the mountains, so blue, so close, my only conscious thought was, “How can I ever get away from here? How can I get to where they have books, where I can be educated?” I worked hard, always waiting for something to happen to change things. There came a time when I knew I must make them happen; that no one would do anything about it for me. And I did.”
—Belinda Jelliffe (1892–1979)