| Mount Reed | |
| Elevation Ft: | 1929 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 1145 |
| Isolation Mi: | 3.95 |
| Isolation Ref: | [2] |
| Parent Peak: | Peak 2100 |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Alaska |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Part: | Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge |
| Location: | Aleutians West Census Area |
| Range: | Aleutian Range[3] |
| Map: | USA Alaska |
| Label Position: | top |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 8 |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map of Mount Reed |
| Coordinates: | 51.8248°N -176.7009°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [4] |
| Topo: | USGS Adak C-3 |
Mount Reed is a 1929feet summit in Alaska, United States.
Mount Reed is located 2.5miles southwest of the community of Adak on Adak Island of the Aleutian Islands. This mountain is part of the Aleutian Range,[3] 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 1670abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Lake de Marie in approximately 1miles. 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.[5]
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.[6] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1936 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[7] The Aleutian shield fern found only on this mountain was listed as an endangered species in 1988.[8]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Reed is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[9] Winter temperatures can drop to 10 °F and winter squalls that produce wind gusts in excess of 100lk=inNaNlk=in can cause severe wind chill factors.