Mount Weston (80°28′S 29°10′W / 80.467°S 29.167°W / -80.467; -29.167) is the highest peak (1,210 m) of Haskard Highlands, in the west part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named after Flight Sgt. Peter D. Weston, RAF, an aircraft mechanic with the RAF contingent of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956–58.

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