Mount Polis

{{short description|Mountain in the Philippines}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Polis

| elevation_m = 1895

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| prominence_m = 120

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| range = Cordillera Central

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| location = Luzon

| map = Philippines

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| map_caption = Location within the Philippines

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| coordinates = {{coord|16.974722|N|121.029167|E|type:mountain_region:PH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| country = Philippines

| state = Cordillera Administrative Region

| state_type = Region

| region = {{hlist | Ifugao | Mountain Province }}

| region_type = Provinces

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Mount Polis is a {{convert|6216|ft|m|adj=on}} mountain peak located on the borders of the provinces of Ifugao and Mountain Province in the Philippines. It ranks as the third highest mountain in Ifugao province and the 124th highest mountain in Philippines.{{cite web|url=http://peakery.com/mount-polis/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104103733/http://peakery.com/mount-polis/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-04|title=Mount Polis|publisher=peakery.com|accessdate=2015-12-29}}

In December 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the First Philippine Republic, passed through a pass on the mountain en route from Tirad Pass to Abra province while fleeing American forces during the Philippine–American War.{{cite book|last=Agoncillo|first=Teodoro A. |title=Malolos: The Crisis of the Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnxvAAAACAAJ|year=1997|publisher=University of the Philippines Press|isbn=978-971-542-096-9|pages=456–458}}

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