Mount Wever
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Mount Wever is a mountain
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

 which is a northern outlier of Du Toit Mountains
Du Toit Mountains
The Du Toit Mountains are a group of mountains about 60 km long and 16 km wide, to the SW of Wilson Mountains in SE Palmer Land, Antarctica. The mountains have peaks rising to 1,700 m and are bounded by Beaumont, Maury and Defant Glaciers.First photographed from the air by the USAS,...

, rising to about 1,700 m south of Beaumont Glacier
Beaumont Glacier
Beaumont Glacier is a broad glacier flowing in a northeast direction to the southwest part of Hilton Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. The United States Antarctic Service discovered and photographed it from the air in 1940...

 and 13 nautical miles (24 km) southwest of Dietz Bluff
Dietz Bluff
Dietz Bluff is a prominent bluff at the head of Hilton Inlet on the Black Coast, Palmer Land. The bluff was photographed from the air by United States Antarctic Service , 1940, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947; mapped by United States Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial...

, on the Black Coast
Black Coast
Black Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Boggs and Cape Mackintosh. This coast was discovered and photographed from the air by members of the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, on a flight of December 30, 1940...

, Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) in 1988 from a proposal by P.D. Rowley of United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS). Named after Hein E. Wever, British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

(BAS) geologist, member of a joint BAS-USGS field party to the Black Coast, 1986-87.
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