Mount Ansel Adams is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California. At an elevation of 11,766 ft (3586 m). The summit is in Yosemite National Park near the park's eastern boundary. It lies northeast of Foerster Peak and 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. References Mountains of Yosemite National Park Mountains of Madera County, California Sierra National Forest Mountains of the Ansel Adams Wilderness Mountains of Northern California