Werner Peak is the highest (1,550 m) and most conspicuous peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

 on the southeast side of Mercator Ice Piedmont

Mercator Ice Piedmont

Mercator Ice Piedmont is a gently-sloping ice piedmont at the head of Mobiloil Inlet, formed by the confluence of the Gibbs, Lammers, Cole and Weyerhaeuser Glaciers in eastern Graham Land. The feature was first photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935, and was plotted from...

. The peak rises just east of the north end of Norwood Scarp

Norwood Scarp

Nost Island is an island less than 0.5 nautical miles long, lying 2 nautical miles west-southwest of Evans Island in the south part of Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called by them Nostet ....

. A steep rock ridge on its north side is easily recognizable from any point on the ice piedmont. Photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on September 28, 1940. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Johannes Werner

Johannes Werner

Johann Werner was a German parish priest in Nuremberg and a mathematician...

(1468–1528), German astronomer and mathematician who probably first (1514) suggested the method of lunar distances for determining longitude.