# Ray Mountains

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{{Short description|Mountain range in central Alaska, U.S.}}
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The '''Ray Mountains''' is a mountain range in central [Alaska](/source/Alaska) named for the Ray River, itself named for [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) Captain [Patrick Henry Ray](/source/Patrick_Henry_Ray), who established a meteorological station in [Barrow](/source/Barrow%2C_Alaska), [Alaska](/source/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](/source/Yukon-Tanana_Uplands), an area of low mountain ranges that also includes the [White Mountains](/source/White_Mountains_(Alaska)). The Ray Mountains cover an area of {{convert|10600|sqmi|0}} and are bordered on the east by the [Yukon River](/source/Yukon_River), on the south by the [Tozitna River](/source/Tozitna_River), and on the north by [Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Kanuti_National_Wildlife_Refuge). The highest point in the Ray Mountains is [Mount Tozi](/source/Mount_Tozi), which has a summit elevation of {{convert|5519|ft|0}}. Other notable peaks include [Wolf Mountain](/source/Wolf_Mountain_(Alaska)), [Mount Henry Eakin](/source/Mount_Henry_Eakin), the [Kokrines Hills](/source/Kokrines_Hills), and [Moran Dome](/source/Moran_Dome).

== References ==
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* {{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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