Information About

Mount Oratia

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 55' 46.999" N,
160 ° 0' 49" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Togiak

Elevation

4186 ft (1275.89 m)

Mount Oratia in Detail.

Getting There

Fly into Dillingham, from there charter a plane.

About

5 mi. N of Kagati Lake, 80 mi. NE of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.


Mount Oratia rises above Kagati Lake, it has a C shape to it and in the middle is a smaller unnamed lake which empties into Kagati Lake. Glaciers were on the mountain as recent as the 1960s but would appear to be extinct now days. Fossils have been found on the mountain.Gyrfalcon can be found on the slopes of Mount Oratia.

History

This mountain may have been named in 1898 by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Naming

Mount Oratia may have been named in 1898 by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, USGS.