Earth:Mount Quincy Adams (Fairweather Range)

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Short description: Mountain in Alaska, U.S. and British Columbia, Canada
Mount Quincy Adams
Margerie Glacier, tidewater glacier, icefall and cirque glaciers, September 18, 1972 (GLACIERS 5628).jpg
Mount Quincy Adams in upper left, with Mount Tlingit below/left of it. Aerial view by Austin Post. 1972
Highest point
Elevation4,150 m (13,620 ft) [1]
Prominence410 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 is located in Alaska
Mount Quincy Adams
Mount Quincy Adams
Alaska Panhandle / Stikine Region, British Columbia
Mount Quincy Adams is located in British Columbia
Mount Quincy Adams
Mount Quincy Adams
Mount Quincy Adams (British Columbia)
Parent rangeFairweather Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Fairweather D-5
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Climbing
First ascentBradford 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. 

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