Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance is an 840 ft high hill on the New York side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, but it was deemed inaccessible so never fortified.
- Peak rising to 817 feet (249 metres)
- Description: mountain in New York, United States of America
- Also known as“Mt. Defiance”“Sugar Hill”“Sugar Loaf Hill”“Sugar Loaf Mountain”
Places of Interest
Discover Mount Independence and Ticonderoga station.
Ticonderoga station
Ticonderoga station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Ticonderoga, New York.
Black Watch Library
Black Watch Library is a historic library building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orwell and Putnam.
Orwell
Orwell is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
6 miles east of Mount Defiance
Putnam
Hamlet
Putnam is a town in northern Washington County, New York, United States.
6 miles south of Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance
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Latitude
43.83145° or 43° 49′ 53″ north
Longitude
-73.40679° or 73° 24′ 24″ west
Open location code
87M8RHJV+H7
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Mount Defiance” goes by many names.
Mount DefianceCebuano
Mount DefianceDutch
جبل مونت ديفيانسEgyptian Arabic
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