Brewer Peak

Brewer Peak
Highest point
Elevation 2,110 m (6,920 ft)
Coordinates 71°34′S 168°28′E / 71.567°S 168.467°E / -71.567; 168.467Coordinates: 71°34′S 168°28′E / 71.567°S 168.467°E / -71.567; 168.467 
Geography
Location Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range Admiralty Mountains

Brewer Peak (71°34′S 168°28′E / 71.567°S 168.467°E / -71.567; 168.467) is a peak, 2,110 metres (6,920 ft) high, along the west wall of Pitkevitch Glacier near the glacier's head, in the Admiralty Mountains, a major mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Thomas J. Brewer, U.S. Navy, Commissaryman at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, 1967. The peak lies on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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