Mount Deception (Alaska)

{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Deception

| photo = Mount Deception. Denali National Park, Alaska (29402314005).jpg

| photo_caption =

| elevation_ft = 11539

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=263 |name=Mount Deception|accessdate=2013-04-12}}

| prominence_ft = 2126

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak =

| range = Alaska Range

| listing = List of mountain peaks of Alaska

| location = Denali Borough, Alaska, United States

| map = USA Alaska

| map_caption = Location in Alaska

| label_position = right

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Deception

| coordinates = {{coord|63|09|30|N|150|31|51|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Mount McKinley A-2

| first_ascent = November 1944

| easiest_route = Northeast ridge

}}

Mount Deception is a {{convert|11539|ft|m|0|adj=on}} mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Deception lies {{convert|16|mi|km}} east-southeast of Denali, overlooking Brooks Glacier. The glacier-covered mountain was named by a U.S. Army crash investigation party on November 13, 1944, who were the first to ascend the mountain while investigating an airplane crash that happened in September 1944.{{cite bivouac|id=14255|name=Mount Deception|accessdate=2013-04-12}}{{cite gnis|id=1401057|name=Mount Deception|accessdate=2013-04-12}}