Mount Hampton is one of the oldest volcanoes of Antarctica and was active during the Miocene. Despite this, it is less eroded than some younger volcanoes in the region; in general, the ages of the Marie Byrd Land volcanoes are not correlated to their erosion status. It appears that Whitney Peak is the older half of the edifice and that volcanic activity then migrated to Mount Hampton. More generally, volcanism in the Executive Committee Range migrated southwards over time at an average rate of , although Mount Hampton and its southern neighbour Mount Cumming were simultaneously active 10 million years ago.