Information About

Oberlin Ridge

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 51' 33.001" N,
136 ° 16' 27.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Parent

St. Elias Mountains

Elevation

3389 ft (1032.97 m)

Oberlin Ridge in Detail.

About

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

History

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.

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1954), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Oberlin Ridge

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Glacier Bay, Goose Cove, Hugh Miller Inlet, Hunter Cove, Muir Inlet, Nunatak Cove, Sebree Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Caroline Point, Muir Point, Rowlee Point, Tlingit Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Hills:

Islands:

Drake Island, Garforth Island, Geikie Rock, Lone Island, North Marble Island, Sealers Island, Sebree Island,

Lakes:

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Cadell, Hugh Miller Mountain, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Mount Merriam, The Nunatak, Pyramid Peak, Mount Wordie,

Mountain Passes:

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, McConnell Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Streams:

Favorite Creek, Forest Creek,

Valleys: