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′29″N 137°28′17″W / 58.9080913°N 137.4715143°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(s)	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).

References

^ ^a ^b "Mount Quincy Adams". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
^ "Mount Quincy Adams". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
^ "Mount Quincy Adams". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-10-10.

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[pb-1] "Mount Quincy Adams". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2006-10-10.

[gnis-2] "Mount Quincy Adams". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2006-10-10.

[bivouac-3] "Mount Quincy Adams". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-10-10.

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v t e John Quincy Adams
U.S. Representative for MA–8 (1843–1848) U.S. Representative for MA–12 (1833–1843) U.S. Representative for MA–11 (1831–1833) 6th President of the United States (1825–1829) 8th United States Secretary of State (1817–1825) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1814–1817) U.S. Minister to Russia (1809–1814) U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1803–1808) U.S. Minister to Prussia (1797–1801) U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1794–1797)
Presidency	Inauguration American System Internal improvements Tariff of 1828 First Treaty of Prairie du Chien Treaty of Fond du Lac Treaty of Limits United States Naval Observatory State of the Union Address, 1825 1827 1828 Federal judiciary appointments
Other events	Monroe Doctrine, author Treaty of Ghent Adams–Onís Treaty Treaty of 1818 Tariff of 1832 Smithsonian Institution United States v. The Amistad Mendi Bible President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences President, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences
Writings	Lifelong diary Massachusetts Historical Society holdings Adams Papers Editorial Project
Life and homes	Early life Abigail Adams Cairn John Quincy Adams and abolitionism Adams National Historical Park Birthplace and family home Peacefield Stone Library United First Parish Church and gravesite
Electoral history	Senate 1803 1808 Presidential runs 1824 Corrupt Bargain 1828
Legacy	Bibliography Adams Memorial Adams House at Harvard University U.S. Postage stamps Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar Mount Quincy Adams USS President Adams (1941) USS John Adams (1963) Oyster-Adams Bilingual School
Popular culture	Profiles in Courage (1957 book) 1965 television series) The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries) Mutiny on the Amistad (1987 book) Amistad (1997 film) John Adams (2001 book 2008 miniseries)
Adams political family Quincy family	Louisa Adams (wife) George Washington Adams (son) Charles Francis Adams Sr. (son) John Adams II (son) Henry Adams (grandson) Brooks Adams (grandson) John Quincy Adams II (grandson) John Adams father presidency Abigail Adams mother First Lady Quincy political family Abigail Adams Smith (sister) Charles Adams (brother) Thomas Boylston Adams (brother) John Adams Sr. (grandfather) Susanna Boylston (grandmother) John Quincy (great-grandfather)
Related	National Republican Party Republicanism Quincy Patriot John Quincy Adams (Bingham)
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