Mount Hope (Eternity Range)
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Mount Hope is a massive mountain
rising to 2,860 m, forming the central and highest peak
of Eternity Range
, northern Palmer Land
. First seen from the air and named Mount Hope by Lincoln Ellsworth
during his flights of November 21 and 23, 1935. The mountain was surveyed and given the name Mount Wakefield by J.R. Rymill of British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) in November 1936. The feature was subsequently photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in September 1940, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE) in December 1947. A careful study of the reports, maps, and photographs of these expeditions, as well as additional survey of the area by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960, has led to the conclusion that Ellsworth's Mount Hope and Rymill's Mount Wakefield are synonymous. For the sake of historical continuity the name Mount Hope has been retained for this mountain (the name Wakefield has been transferred to Wakefield Highland
located close northwestward). This mountain is one of three major mountains in Ellsworth's Eternity Range to which he gave the names Faith, Hope, and Charity.
Mountain
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rising to 2,860 m, forming the central and highest peak
Peak
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of Eternity Range
Eternity Range
Eternity Range is a range of mountains 28 miles long, rising 2,860 m, and trending north-south approximately in the middle of the Antarctic Peninsula....
, northern Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...
. First seen from the air and named Mount Hope by Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth was an arctic explorer from the United States.-Birth:He was born on May 12, 1880 to James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler in Chicago, Illinois...
during his flights of November 21 and 23, 1935. The mountain was surveyed and given the name Mount Wakefield by J.R. Rymill of British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE) in November 1936. The feature was subsequently photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in September 1940, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE) in December 1947. A careful study of the reports, maps, and photographs of these expeditions, as well as additional survey of the area by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960, has led to the conclusion that Ellsworth's Mount Hope and Rymill's Mount Wakefield are synonymous. For the sake of historical continuity the name Mount Hope has been retained for this mountain (the name Wakefield has been transferred to Wakefield Highland
Wakefield Highland
Wakefield Highland is a snow-covered highland in central Antarctic Peninsula, bounded to the north by Hermes Glacier and the heads of Weyerhaeuser and Aphrodite Glaciers, to the west by the heads of Airy, Rotz and Seller Glaciers, to the south by Fleming Glacier and to the east by the heads of...
located close northwestward). This mountain is one of three major mountains in Ellsworth's Eternity Range to which he gave the names Faith, Hope, and Charity.