Mount Dampier

{{Short description|Mountain in New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Dampier

| native_name ={{native name|mi|Rakiroa}}

| photo = Page 008 - The Conquest of the Mount Cook - Du Faur.jpg

| photo_caption = Aoraki (middle) and Mount Dampier (right)

| elevation_m = 3,440

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 92

| prominence_ref =

| location = South Island, New Zealand

| range = Southern Alps

| coordinates = {{coord|43|35|S|170|8|E|type:mountain_region:NZ}}

| first_ascent = March 1912, by Freda Du Faur & Peter Graham

| easiest_route =

| map = New Zealand

}}

Mount Dampier (Rakiroa in Māori) is New Zealand's third highest mountain, rising to {{convert|3440|m}}. 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).{{cite book |last = Reed |first = A. W. |author-link = Alexander Wyclif Reed |title = Place Names of New Zealand |year = 2010 |publisher = Raupo |location = Rosedale, North Shore |isbn = 9780143204107 |editor = Peter Dowling |page =97}}

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.{{Cite journal|last=Riley|first=Gerald|date=1967|title=Mount Cook National Park Place Names and their Origin|url=https://www.nzaj-archive.nz/|journal=New Zealand Alpine Journal|volume=22|pages=110–133}}