Mount Ansel Adams

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Ansel Adams

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| elevation = 11,766+ ft (3586+ m)

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2631 |name=Mount Ansel Adams, California}}

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| map = USA California#USA

| map_caption = none

| map_size = 220

| label_position = left

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| location = Yosemite National Park
Madera County, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|37.6977103|N|119.281255|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id-274668 |name=Mount Ansel Adams}}

| topo = USGS Mount Lyell

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| first_ascent = July 11, 1934 by Glen Dawson, Jack Riegelhuth and Neil Ruge{{cite Secor| edition=3 |page=414}}

| easiest_route = Exposed scramble, {{YDS|3}}

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File:Description_of_Yosemite-01_Bunnell_1851.jpg

Mount Ansel Adams is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California with an elevation of 11,766 ft (3,586 m). The summit is in Yosemite National Park near the park's eastern boundary. It lies {{convert|0.8|mi|km|1}} northeast of Foerster Peak and {{convert|1.3|mi|km|1}} west-southwest of Electra Peak at the head of the Lyell Fork of the Merced River. It was named in 1985 for Ansel Adams, the preeminent landscape photographer, conservationist, and member of the board of directors of the Sierra Club, a role he maintained for 37 years.

{{cite web

| url = http://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/people/ansel_adams.aspx

| title = About Ansel Adams

| publisher = Sierra Club

| accessdate = 2014-12-14}}A Description of Yosemite (1851). Printed for the celebration honoring the designation of Yosemite National Park as a World Heritage Site and the naming of Mount Ansel Adams, Saturday, August 24, 1985, Tuolumne Meadows, Soda Springs, Yosemite National Park. Designed and printed by Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco.