Mount_Dampier

Mount Dampier

Mount Dampier

Mountain in New Zealand

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]

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


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