Mount Dampier

Mount Dampier (Rangiroa in Māori) is New Zealand's third highest mountain, rising to 3,440 metres (11,290 ft). It is located in the Southern Alps, between Mount Hicks and Aoraki / Mount Cook. It is often traversed by climbers en route to the North ridge of Mount Cook. Its Māori name literally means 'long sky' (rangi: sky; roa: long).^[1]

Mount Dampier
Aoraki (middle) and Mount Dampier (right)
Highest point
Elevation	3,440 m (11,290 ft)
Prominence	92 m (302 ft)
Coordinates	43°35′S 170°8′E / 43.583°S 170.133°E / -43.583; 170.133
Naming
Native name	Rangiroa (Māori)
Geography
Mount Dampier South Island, New Zealand
Parent range	Southern Alps
Climbing
First ascent	March 1912, by Freda Du Faur & Peter Graham

The English name was originally Mount Hector, after James Hector, but in Fitzgerald's map of 1896 the peak had been renamed after William Dampier.^[2]

See also

• List of mountains of New Zealand by height

References

 

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1. Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 97. ISBN 9780143204107.
2. Riley, Gerald (1967). "Mount Cook National Park Place Names and their Origin". New Zealand Alpine Journal. 22: 110–133.