Mount Dampier | |
Elevation M: | 3,440 |
Prominence M: | 92 |
Location: | South Island, New Zealand |
Range: | Southern Alps |
Coordinates: | -43.5833°N 178°W |
First Ascent: | March 1912, by Freda Du Faur & Peter Graham |
Map: | New Zealand |
Mount Dampier (Rangiroa in Māori) is New Zealand's third highest mountain, rising to . 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]