Mountain type Shield volcano | Elevation 3,323 m | |
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Similar Mount Berlin, Mount Andrus, Mount Moulton, Mount Sidley, Mount Takahe | ||
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.
Map of Mount Hampton, 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.
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