Mount Hampton

Mount Hampton
The caldera of Mt. Hampton viewed from the northwest.
Highest point
Elevation	3,323 m (10,902 ft)
Coordinates	76°29′S 125°48′W
Geography
Location	Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Executive Committee Range
Geology
Mountain type	Shield volcano

Mount Hampton is a shield volcano with a circular ice-filled crater occupying much of the summit area. It is the northernmost of the volcanoes which comprise the Executive Committee Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

Discovered by the USAS on a flight, December 15, 1940, and named for Ruth Hampton, Dept. of the Interior member of the USAS Executive Committee. Mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60.

Topographic map of Mount Hampton (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Hampton

See also

• List of volcanoes in Antarctica

Sources

• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Hampton
• "Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 14 January 2005.