58 ° 54' 30.1" N,
137 ° 28' 23.707" W
Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
12661 ft (3859.07 m)
In Glacier National Monument, on the Alaska-Canada border, 4 mi E of Mount Fairweather, 91 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
Named by Lawrence Martin, U.S. Dept. of State, in 1923 for John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Secretary of State under President Monroe and President of the United States, who, in the former capacity, negotiated the first treaty between the United States and Russia, establishing what would later become a part of the boundary between the United States and Canada.
Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Lituya Glacier,
Mountains:Bay Peak, Mount Fairweather, Lituya Mountain, Mount Lodge, Mount Orville, Mount Quincy Adams, Mount Root, Mount Salisbury, Mount Turner, Mount Watson, Mount Wilbur,
Valleys: