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)
Prominence 410 m (1,350 ft)
Listing
Coordinates 58°54′32″N 137°27′05″W
Geography
Mount Quincy Adams is located in British Columbia
Mount Quincy Adams
Mount Quincy Adams
Mount Quincy Adams (British Columbia)
Parent range Fairweather Range
Topo map USGS Mount Fairweather D-5
Canada NTS 114I14 Mount Root
Climbing
First ascent Bradford Washburn,
H. Adams Carter, 1934

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).