Mount Quincy Adams (Fairweather Range)

Mount Quincy Adams
Mount Quincy Adams
	Mount Quincy Adams in upper left, with Mount Tlingit below/left of it. Aerial view by Austin Post. 1972
Highest point
Elevation	4,150 m (13,620 ft)
Prominence	410 m (1,350 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Alaska; Mountains of British Columbia;
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 58°54′32″N 137°27′05″W / 58.90889°N 137.45139°W
Geography
	Mount Quincy Adams Alaska Panhandle / Stikine Region, British Columbia Mount Quincy Adams Mount Quincy Adams (British Columbia)
Parent range	Fairweather Range
Topo map	USGS Mount Fairweather D-5; Canada NTS Script error: No such module "Canada NTS".
Climbing
First ascent	Bradford Washburn, ; H. Adams Carter, 1934

Short description: Mountain in Alaska, U.S. and British Columbia, Canada

Mount Quincy Adams (alternate Name Boundary Peak 163) is a mountain located on the border between United States and Canada . It is named after John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), the sixth president of the United States.

The southern and eastern flanks of the mountain are in Glacier Bay National Park, in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska. The northern and northwestern flanks are in Tatshenshini-Alsek Park, in Stikine Region, British Columbia, making it the second highest peak in British Columbia. Mount Quincy Adams is flanked to the west by Mount Fairweather 4,671 m (15,325 ft).

References

External links

Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia: Quincy Adams

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[gnis-2] "Mount Quincy Adams". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1424710.

[bivouac-3] "Mount Quincy Adams". http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=233.

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