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Mount Hampson

Coordinates: 66°48′S 51°11′E / 66.800°S 51.183°E / -66.800; 51.183
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Mount Hampson is a mountain 1 nautical mile (2 km) north of Mount Rhodes, in the northern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for R.V. Hampson, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929–31.[1]

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  1. ^ "Hampson, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

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66°48′S 51°11′E / 66.800°S 51.183°E / -66.800; 51.183