Mount Defiance (New York)

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Mount Defiance is an 840 ft (260 m) 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. Mount Defiance was previously known as Sugar Loaf.^[2]

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Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance from Fort Ticonderoga. The LaChute River, leading to Lake George, is at right; the southernmost reaches of Lake Champlain at left
Highest point
Elevation	840 ft (260 m)[1]
Coordinates	43°49′53″N 73°24′24″W / 43.8314490°N 73.4067856°W / 43.8314490; -73.4067856[1]
Geography
Mount Defiance Location of Mount Defiance within New York Show map of New York Adirondack Park Mount Defiance Mount Defiance (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location	Essex County, New York
Topo map	USGS Ticonderoga
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In the 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, the British army succeeded in positioning artillery on Mount Defiance, causing the Continental Army to withdraw from both forts without a fight.

Mount Defiance is located in the town of Ticonderoga in southeastern Essex County.

• Fort Ticonderoga National Historic Landmark - Battlegrounds (includes Mount Defiance)

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