Darwin Glacier (Kenya)

Darwin Glacier tsohon glacier ne wanda ke kan Dutsen Kenya . A cikin 1947, glacier yana da tsayin mita 260 tare da yanki na 40000 sq m. tare da babba a 4835 m da ƙananan ƙarshen a 4620 m sama da matakin teku. John Walter Gregory ya ba shi suna bayan Charles Darwin a cikin 1894 " don tunatarwa cewa don ainihin bayanin farko na kwarin glacial a Ingila muna da bashi ga marigayi Charles Darwin ". 
A shekara ta 1987 Darwin Glacier ya ragu zuwa tsawon mita 200 kuma tare da yanki na murabba'in 14000. m. Kusan ya ɓace gaba ɗaya a shekara ta 2016 tare da Northey Glacier da ɓangaren kudu maso gabashin Lewis Glacier. Raymond Hook na Nanyuki ya rubuta wa Kwamandan P. C. Spink a 1946 cewa ya auna koma baya na kankara kuma ya sami ya zama ƙafa 200 a cikin shekaru 25. Gilashin Barlow da Kolbe sun ɓace a shekara ta 1926. Melhuish Glacier ya ɓace a shekara ta 1978. 

Gidan Darwin Glacier ya sami abinci daga Diamond Glacier da Couloir sama da shi. Haɗin ya fara raguwa a cikin shekarun 1970s. A cikin shekara ta 2014-2016 yankin kankara a kan Mt Kenya ya ragu da 44%, tare da mafi girman kankara, Lewis, ya rasa 46% na yankinsa da 57% na girmansa. An kiyasta cewa a halin yanzu na koma baya na kankara, kankara a Dutsen Kenya za su tafi nan da shekara ta 2030.

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