Mount Dampier

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Mount Dampier
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Aoraki (middle) and Mount Dampier (right)
Highest point
Elevation3,440 m (11,290 ft)
Prominence92 m (302 ft)
Coordinates43°35′S 170°8′E / 43.583°S 170.133°E / -43.583; 170.133
Naming
Native nameRangiroa  (Māori)
Geography
LocationSouth Island, New Zealand
Parent rangeSouthern Alps
Climbing
First ascentMarch 1912, by Freda Du Faur & Peter Graham

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]

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]

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References[]

  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.


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