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13-549: Mount Hope may refer to: Antarctica [ edit ] Mount Hope (Ross Dependency) , a hill at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier, Ross Ice Shelf Mount Hope (Palmer Land) , a mountain in the Eternity Range, Palmer Land Australia [ edit ] Mount Hope, New South Wales , a settlement in western New South Wales Mount Hope, South Australia ,

26-745: A mountain peak of Alaska Mount Hope, San Diego , a neighborhood of San Diego, California Mount Hope (Colorado) , one of the Collegiate Peaks in Colorado Mount Hope (Cheverly, Maryland) , a house Mount Hope (Hazlehurst, Mississippi) , a National Register of Historic Places listing in Copiah County, Mississippi Mount Hope, Kansas , a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas Mount Hope Plantation House , Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mount Hope (MBTA station) ,

39-531: A locality on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Mount Hope (Victoria) , a granite outcrop in northern Victoria Mount Hope, Queensland , a mining lease near Mount Isa Canada [ edit ] Mount Hope, Ontario Mount Hope, a community of Arran–Elderslie , Bruce County, Ontario Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 , Saskatchewan Hope Mountain (British Columbia) New Zealand [ edit ] Mount Hope (New Zealand) ,

52-553: A peak in the Two Thumb Range in the Canterbury Region Ottoman Empire [ edit ] Mount Hope, Jaffa , a depopulated American farm Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago , birthplace of Hector Sam United States [ edit ] Mount Hope, Lawrence County, Alabama Mount Hope, Walker County, Alabama Mount Hope (Alaska) ,

65-1078: A property Mount Hope (New Baltimore, Virginia) , a property in Fauquier County, Virginia Mount Hope, West Virginia , a city in Fayette County, West Virginia Mount Hope Historic District Mount Hope, Wisconsin , a village in Grant County, Wisconsin Mount Hope (town), Wisconsin , a town in Grant County, Wisconsin Mount Hope Bay , an estuary in Massachusetts and Rhode Island Mount Hope Corners, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community in Brunswick, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin See also [ edit ] Mount Hope Cemetery (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

78-745: A property in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Mount Hope (Rhode Island) , a hill in Bristol, Rhode Island Mount Hope Farm , an estate in Bristol, Rhode Island Mount Hope, Providence, Rhode Island , a neighborhood in northern Providence, Rhode Island Mount Hope (Ridgeway, South Carolina) , a property in Fairfield County, South Carolina Mount Hope, Tennessee , an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee Mount Hope (Falls Church, Virginia) ,

91-734: A station in Boston, Massachusetts Mount Hope, Missouri , an unincorporated community Mount Hope (Nevada) , a summit in Nevada Mount Hope, New Jersey , a section of Rockaway Township, New Jersey Mount Hope, New York , a town in Orange County, New York Mount Hope, Ohio , an unincorporated community in Holmes County Mount Hope, Licking County, Ohio , a ghost town Mount Hope, Pennsylvania , birthplace of Ralph E. Urban Mount Hope Estate ,

104-430: A view of the surrounding country [...] With great difficulty we clambered up this rock face, and then ascended a gentle snow slope [...] From the top of this ridge there burst upon our view an open road to the south, for there stretched before us a great glacier [...] stretching away south inland until at last it seemed to merge in high inland ice". Shackleton named the hill that provided this vantage point "Mount Hope", for

117-486: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mount Hope (Ross Dependency) Mount Hope is a dome-shaped hill , rising to approximately 835 metres (2,740 ft), situated at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier , Ross Ice Shelf , Antarctica at 83°45′S 171°00′E  /  83.750°S 171.000°E  / -83.750; 171.000 . It

130-568: The promise that it provided. Shackleton's party ascended the glacier to the plateau, but turned back before reaching the Pole. Three years later, Captain Scott 's party followed the same route and reached the Pole, but the entire party perished on the return. Mount Hope was the site of the final depot laid by the Ross Sea party in 1916, in support of Shackleton's abortive transcontinental march that

143-456: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mount Hope . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Hope&oldid=1236300442 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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156-535: Was discovered on 3 December 1908, by Ernest Shackleton and his south polar party, on their journey towards the South Pole during the Nimrod Expedition . Through their ascent of this hill the party gained their first sight of the glacier which provided the route to the polar plateau and the pole itself. Shackleton recorded: "We reached the base of the mountain which we hoped to climb in order to gain

169-701: Was to have marked the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition . Ralph E. Urban Ralph Ernest Urban (March 29, 1875 – May 19, 1935) was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey . He was born in Mount Hope , Lancaster County , Pennsylvania. After studies at Princeton University and the General Theological Seminary , he was ordained deacon in 1899 and priest in 1900. He

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