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Mount Brewster
Mount Brewster may refer to: Antarctica *Mount Brewster, a mountain on the Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land, Antarctica Canada *Mount Brewster (Canada) Mount Brewster is a mountain summit located in the Vermilion Range of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Brewster was named in 1929 by Tom Wilson after John Brewster who was the father of the Brewster family o ..., a mountain in the Vermilion Range of Banff National Park New Zealand * Mount Brewster (New Zealand), a mountain in the Southern Alps {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniell Peninsula
Daniell Peninsula () is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land. It is partly separated from the Victory Mountains by Whitehall Glacier, which is afloat in its lower reaches, but is joined to these mountains by the higher land in the vicinity of Mount Prior. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, after Cape Daniell, and by analogy with the Adare Peninsula, Adare and Hallett Peninsula, Hallett peninsulas. Geology The peninsula is an elongated basalt dome similar to the Adare and Hallett peninsulas. It consists of at least four overlapping shield volcanoes that form part of the Hallett Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. Mount Brewster (Antarctica), Mount Brewster forms the central portion of the Daniell Peninsula and rises to an elevation of , forming the highest point on the peninsula. K–Ar dating, K–Ar or Rubidium–strontium dating, Rb–Sr dating has given an age of 12.4 ± ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Brewster (Canada)
Mount Brewster is a mountain summit located in the Vermilion Range of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Brewster was named in 1929 by Tom Wilson after John Brewster who was the father of the Brewster family of Banff. __NOTOC__ Geology The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain experiences a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C in the winter. See also *Geography of Alberta Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |