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Oberlin Ridge

Oberlin Ridge

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 3389 ft (1032.97 m)
About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, Trends W mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Oberlin Ridge

Named by members of the American Geographical Society Galcier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, map) for Oberlin College, Ohio, because G. F. Wright was a member of the faculty of this college when he made his geological studies of the Muir Glacier in 1886.