Mount Brewster (known in MÃÂori as ) is a mountain in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, in eastern Mount Aspiring National Park.
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 WÃÂnaka and Lake HÃÂwea, via the Brewster Glacier and Makarora River. The mountain is high; the tallest mountain within a radius.
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 201âÂÂ273 million years ago.
Julius von Haast named the peak after Scottish physicist David Brewster. The first ascent of Mount Brewster was made in January 1929 by Samuel Turner, Eric Miller, Charles Bentham and C. Turner.