| Mount Adams | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mt_Adams_from_SE.jpg) Mount Adams from the south-east, Escape Glacier at left, Siege Glacier (partially covered in rock debris) at centre. Late summer conditions. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,208 m (7,244 ft) |
| Prominence | 754 m (2,474 ft) |
| Coordinates | 43°06′02″S 170°31′40″E / 43.1005°S 170.5277°E |
| Geography | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:New_Zealand_(relief_map).png)  Mount Adams South Island, New Zealand | |
| Parent range | Southern Alps |
| Topo map(s) | Topo50 BW17 – Harihari NZMS 260: I35 Whataroa |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | New Zealand Alpine Grade 1 |
Mount Adams is a mountain in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island.[1] The summit is roughly 19 km south of Harihari and reaches 2,208 metres (7,244 ft) in height.[2]
Mount Adams lies to the west of the main divide of the Southern Alps and drains into the Whataroa and Poerua catchments. Both of these rivers flow westwards to the Tasman Sea. There are two small glaciers on the south-eastern slopes that drain the summit ice cap; the Escape Glacier (about 2.1 km in length) and the Siege Glacier (about 3.6 km).
- ^ "Place name detail: Mount Adams". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ Pat Barrett, 17 August 1999, "Top From the Top", Christchurch Press, pg. 36.