Mount Emily

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.

This article is about the mountain in southwestern Oregon. For other uses, see Mount Emily (disambiguation).

Mount Emily
Chetco River and Mount Emily near Alfred A. Loeb State Park
Chetco River with Mount Emily in the background
Highest point
Elevation2,925 ft (892 m)[1]
Prominence1,285 ft (392 m)[1]
Parent peakBosley Butte[1]
Isolation12.74 km (7.92 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates42°06′09″N 124°09′10″W[2]
Geography
Mount Emily is located in Oregon
Mount Emily
Mount Emily
Location in SW Oregon
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyCurry County
Parent rangeKlamath Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Emily

Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
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Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
Mount Emily is located in Oregon
Mount Emily
Mount Emily is located in the United States
Mount Emily
Nearest cityBrookings, Oregon
Coordinates42°4′42″N 124°6′40″W
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.06000589[4]
Significant dates
Event dateSeptember 9, 1942
Added to NRHPJuly 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

References
  1. "Mount Emily". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  2. "Mount Emily Lookout Tower". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
  3. "Siletz Talking Dictionary". Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  4. "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.
  5. "Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest: Japanese Bombing Site Trail #1118". United States Forest Service. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
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