It was first seen from the air and named Mount Hope by
Lincoln Ellsworth during his flights of November 21 and 23, 1935. This mountain is one of three major mountains in Ellsworth's Eternity Range to which he gave the names
Faith, Hope, and
Charity. The mountain was surveyed a year later in November 1936 and given the name "Mount Wakefield" by
J.R. Rymill of the
British Graham Land Expedition. The feature was subsequently photographed from the air by the
United States Antarctic Service in September 1940, and by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in December 1947. A careful study of the reports, maps, and photographs of these expeditions, as well as an additional survey of the area by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 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 and the name Wakefield has been transferred to
Wakefield Highland located to the northwest. ==See also==