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Mountain in Alaska, United States

Mount Reed
Mount Reed in winter
Highest point
Elevation	1,929 ft (588 m)
Prominence	1,145 ft (349 m)
Parent peak	Peak 2100
Isolation	3.95 mi (6.36 km)
Coordinates	51°49′29″N 176°42′03″W / 51.8248132°N 176.7009203°W / 51.8248132; -176.7009203
Geography
Mount ReedLocation in Alaska

Interactive map of Mount Reed
Location	Aleutians West Census Area
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Protected area	Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Parent range	Aleutian Range
Topo map	USGS Adak C-3

Mount Reed is a 1,929-foot-elevation (588-meter) summit in Alaska, United States.

Description

Mount Reed is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of the community of Adak on Adak Island of the Aleutian Islands. This mountain is part of the Aleutian Range, and it is set within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. It is the prominent peak between Shagak Bay and the Bay of Islands. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,670 feet (509 meters) above Lake de Marie in approximately one mile (1.6 km). The Aleutian shield fern is a very rare species of plant which is only found on Mount Reed where the 142 clumps on this mountain are the only ones currently found growing in the wild anywhere in the world.

History

The mountain was named by members of the U.S. Navy Aleutian Island Survey Expedition in 1934 after a local resident who was buried on or near the mountain. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1936 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The Aleutian shield fern found only on this mountain was listed as an endangered species in 1988.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Reed is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Winter temperatures can drop to 10 °F and winter squalls that produce wind gusts in excess of 100 knots (120 mph; 190 km/h) can cause severe wind chill factors.

References

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"Mount Reed". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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This ultra-rare plant that only grows on Adak is getting new attention, Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, August 14, 2017.
Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, p. 799.
John Copeland Nagle, Law's Environment: How the Law Shapes the Places We Live, Yale University Press, 2010, ISBN 9780300162912, p. 21.
Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.