Information About

Donald Ridge

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 15' 13" N,
143 ° 4' 31.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

1965 ft (598.93 m)

Donald Ridge in Detail.

About

Trends N-S, on the SE side of Bering Glacier between Hanna Lake and the Kosakuts River90 mi. SE of Cordova, St. Elias Mts. 3 miles long.

History

Named by Don Miller, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Corporal Donald, RCAF, who was killed on this ridge in a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crash in 1943 and his grave is marked by one of the planes doors on which is scratched his name.