Information About

Minnesota Ridge

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 0' 24.998" N,
136 ° 15' 24.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

2923 ft (890.93 m)

Minnesota Ridge in Detail.

About

Located in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends northwest from Curtis Hills, on Muir Inlet, 67 miles northwest of Hoonah, St. Elias Mountains. (AK-T1)

History

Named by members of the American Geographical Society's Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, map) for the University of Minnesota in recognition of the botanical studies carried on in Muir Inlet. (AK-T1)

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