Mount Quincy Adams (Fairweather Range)

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

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

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Mount Quincy Adams

Mount Quincy Adams (British Columbia)

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Parent range| Fairweather Range
Topo map| USGS Mount Fairweather D-5
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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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite pb
2. ↑ "Mount Quincy Adams". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1424710.
3. ↑ "Mount Quincy Adams". http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=233.

## External links

* Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia: Quincy Adams

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