Mount Emily (Tolowa: en-may [3]) is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in southern Curry County in the extreme southwest corner of the state, near Brookings, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Pacific Ocean and 5 miles (8.0 km) from the California state line.
| Mount Emily | |
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 Chetco River with Mount Emily in the background | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,925 ft (892 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,285 ft (392 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Bosley Butte[1] |
| Coordinates | 42°06′09″N 124°09′10″W / 42.102367047°N 124.152799281°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Emily Location in SW Oregon | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Curry County |
| Parent range | Klamath Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Emily |
Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
editWheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site | |
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| Nearest city | Brookings, Oregon |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°4′42″N 124°6′40″W / 42.07833°N 124.11111°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000589[4] |
| Significant dates | |
| Event date | September 9, 1942 |
| Added to NRHP | July 6, 2006 |
On September 9, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced near Cape Blanco, Oregon, and launched a Yokosuka E14Y "Glen" seaplane piloted by Nubuo Fujita, who dropped incendiary bombs on Mount Emily in an unsuccessful attempt to start a major forest fire.[5] This made Mount Emily the second place in the continental United States to be bombed by an enemy aircraft, with Dutch Harbor occurring three months earlier in Unalaska, Alaska. The site of the bombing was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site in July 2006.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Mount Emily". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ^ "Mount Emily Lookout Tower". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
- ^ "Siletz Talking Dictionary". Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site (#06000589)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ "Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest: Japanese Bombing Site Trail #1118". United States Forest Service. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
External links
edit- "Mount Emily". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Topographic map of Mount Emily". opentopomap.org. Retrieved May 11, 2023.