Mount Dampier
New Zealand · Oceania
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Mount Dampier (Māori: Rakiroa, transl. long sky) 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 is from the words rangi (transl. 'sky') and roa (transl. 'long').
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.
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