{{Short description|Mountain range in central Alaska, U.S.}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Ray Mountains | other_name = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | image_caption = <!-- MAP CODE TBA --> | map = USA Alaska <!----------------------- HIGHEST POINT --> | highest = Mount Tozi | elevation_ft = 5519 | elevation_ref = | elevation_system = | prominence_ft = | prominence_ref = | parent_peak = | isolation_mi = | isolation_parent = | isolation_ref = | listing = | coordinates = {{Coord|65|46|6|N|151|44|40|W|display:inline}} | coordinates_ref = <!----------------------- DIMENSIONS --> | length_mi = | length_orientation = | length_ref = | width_mi = | width_orientation = | width_ref = | area_mi2 = | area_ref = | volume_mi3 = | volume_ref = <!----------------------- NAMING --> | etymology = | nickname = | native_name = <!-- {{native name}} or {{native name list}} --> | native_name_lang = <!-- not used by native_name --> | translation = | pronunciation = | authority = <!----------------------- GEOGRAPHY --> | country = United States | state = Alaska | region_type = | region = <!-- If multiple, use {{enum}} or {{hlist}}. region1 to region23 is deprecated. --> | district_type = | district = <!-- If multiple, use {{enum}} or {{hlist}}. district1 to district18 is deprecated. --> | part_type = | part = <!-- If multiple, use {{enum}} or {{hlist}}. part1 to part19 is deprecated. --> | range_coordinates = {{Coord|65|46|06|N|151|44|40|W|scale:2000000|display=it}} | range_coordinates_ref = | range = | borders_on = | topo_maker = | topo_map = | biome = <!----------------------- GEOLOGY --> | formed_by = | orogeny = | age = | type = | geology = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access = <!----------------------- ATTACHED --> | embedded = | module = }}
The '''Ray Mountains''' is a mountain range in central Alaska named for the Ray River, itself named for United States Army Captain Patrick Henry Ray, who established a meteorological station in Barrow, Alaska, in 1881.<ref>Donald J. Orth. ''[http://pubs.dggsalaskagov.us/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf Dictionary of Alaska Place Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125032149/http://pubs.dggsalaskagov.us/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf |date=2017-01-25 }}'' Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, p. 795.</ref> The mountains are within the Yukon-Tanana Uplands, an area of low mountain ranges that also includes the White Mountains. The Ray Mountains cover an area of {{convert|10600|sqmi|0}} and are bordered on the east by the Yukon River, on the south by the Tozitna River, and on the north by Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge. The highest point in the Ray Mountains is Mount Tozi, which has a summit elevation of {{convert|5519|ft|0}}. Other notable peaks include Wolf Mountain, Mount Henry Eakin, the Kokrines Hills, and Moran Dome.
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{Cite GNIS|1408559|Ray Mountains|February 17, 2009}} * Gates, Douglas. [http://www.greatlandofalaska.com/reference/ranges.html#yukon_tanana "Yukon-Tanana Uplands"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914024010/http://www.greatlandofalaska.com/reference/ranges.html#yukon_tanana |date=2008-09-14 }}, Greatlandofalaska.com. Accessed February 17, 2009. * Bureau of Land Management. [http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ak/aktest/tr.Par.83193.File.dat/TR%2028.pdf ''Kanuti NWR/Ray Mountains/Hogatza River Earth Cover Classification''], Department of the Interior. September 2002. Accessed February 17, 2009.
== Further reading == * Yeend, Warren. ''Glaciation of the Ray Mountains, Central Alaska'', in U.S. Geological Survey Staff, Geological survey research 1971; Chapter D: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-D, pp. D122-D126.
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Category:Landforms of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Category:Mountain ranges of Alaska Category:Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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