Mount Dampier (Rakiroa in MÃÂori) 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 MÃÂori name literally means 'long sky' (rangi: sky; roa: 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.