List of glaciers in Africa

This is a list of glaciers in Africa.

Contents

List of glaciers

Kenya

Main article: List of names on Mount Kenya#Glaciers

(All located on the upper slopes of Mount Kenya[1])

  • Cesar Glacier
  • Diamond Glacier
  • Darwin Glacier (Kenya)
  • Forel Glacier
  • Gregory Glacier
  • Heim Glacier
  • Josef Glacier
  • Kraph Glacier
  • Lewis Glacier
  • Northey Glacier
  • Tyndall Glacier

Ruwenzori Range

  • Speke Glacier[2]

Tanzania

(All located on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro)

  • Arrow Glacier
  • Balletto Glacier
  • Barranco Glacier
  • Credner Glacier
  • Decken Glacier
  • Diamond Glacier
  • Drygalski Glacier
  • Eastern Ice Field
  • Furtwängler Glacier
  • Heim Glacier
  • Kersten Glacier
  • Ratzel Glacier
  • Rebmann Glacier

See also

References

  1. ^ Hastenrath, Stefan (1984). The Glaciers of Equatorial East Africa. Solid Earth Sciences Library. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-9027715722. 
  2. ^ Kaser, Georg; Noggler, Bernd (1991). "Observations on Speke Glacier, Ruwenzori Range, Uganda". Journal of Glaciology 37 (127): 313–318. Bibcode 1991JGlac..37..313K.