Mount Quincy Adams (Fairweather Range)

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) [1]
Prominence	410 m (1,350 ft) [1]
Listing	Mountains of Alaska Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 58°54′32″N 137°27′05″W / 58.90889°N 137.45139°W / 58.90889; -137.45139 [2]
Geography
Mount Quincy Adams Alaska Panhandle / Stikine Region, British Columbia Show map of Alaska Mount Quincy Adams Mount Quincy Adams (British Columbia) Show map of 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[3]

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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