Mount Brewster (New Zealand)

Mount Brewster

Highest point
Elevation	2,516 m (8,255 ft)
Prominence	938 m (3,077 ft)
Coordinates	44°03′58″S 169°27′00″E / 44.066°S 169.45°E / -44.066; 169.45
Naming
Native name	Haumaitiketike
Geography

Location	Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island, New Zealand
Parent range	Southern Alps

Mount Brewster (known in Māori as Haumaitiketike)^[1] is a mountain in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, in eastern Mount Aspiring National Park.

Geography

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Mount Brewster is a part of the Southern Alps, and lies at the end of the Young Range. Water from the vicinity of the mountain primarily drains into Lake Wānaka and Lake Hāwea, via the Brewster Glacier and Makarora River. The mountain is 2,516 m (8,255 ft) high; the tallest mountain within a 20 km (12 mi) radius.^[2]

Geology

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Mount Brewster is formed from sedimentary rock layers, primarily sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. The rock dates from the Middle Permian and Triassic periods, and was formed approximately 201-273 million years ago.^[3]

History

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Julius von Haast named the peak after Scottish physicist David Brewster.^[4] The first ascent of Mount Brewster was made in January 1929 by Samuel Turner, Eric Miller, Charles Bentham and C. Turner.^[5]

References

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^ "Mount Brewster". New Zealand Gazetteer. Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^ "Topographische Karte des Mount Brewster". NZ Topo Map. Gavin Harriss. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ "Geologische Karte Neuseelands". GNS Science – Te Pū Ao. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ Garry J. Tee, The Rutherford Journal (ed.), Science on the Map: Places in New Zealand Named After Scientists, retrieved 9 June 2021
^ New Zealand Alpine Club, ed. (June 1931), First ascents and explorations, vol. IV, Wellington, p. 156, retrieved 4 November 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

v t e Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Earnslaw Mount Franklin
Mountain ranges	Humboldt Mountains
Glaciers	Dart Glacier Olivine Ice Plateau Rob Roy Glacier Volta Glacier
Gorges and mountain passes	Gates of Haast Haast Pass
Rivers	Arawhata River Barrier River Bettne River Blue River Blue Duck River Bonar River Burke River Cascade River Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu Donald River Drake River Fish River Forgotten River Haast River Joe River Kitchener River Makarora River Matukituki River Mueller River Ngatau River Okuru River Olivine River Pearson River Pyke River Red Pyke River Routeburn River Te Naihi River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waipara River Whitbourn River Wilkin River Williamson River Wills River Young River
Waterfalls	Bridal Veil Falls Fantail Falls Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Walking tracks	Cascade Saddle Track Rees and Dart Tracks Routeburn Track Routeburn Classic
Other	Haast-Hollyford road Lake Sylvan Pleasant Flat

Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand

Seat: Queenstown

Populated places

Arrowtown Ward

Arrowtown

Queenstown-Wakatipu Ward

Queenstown	Arthurs Point Fernhill Frankton Goldfield Heights Hanley's Farm Kelvin Heights Marina Heights Queenstown Central Queenstown East Queenstown Hill Sunshine Bay

Wānaka Ward

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v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River