Mount Emily
{{About|the mountain in southwestern Oregon}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Emily
| photo = Chetco River and Mount Emily near Alfred A. Loeb State Park.jpg
| photo_alt = Chetco River and Mount Emily near Alfred A. Loeb State Park
| photo_caption = Chetco River with Mount Emily in the background
| elevation_ft = 2925
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=30064 |name=Mount Emily |access-date=2010-05-17}}
| prominence_ft = 1285
| range = Klamath Mountains
| parent_peak = Bosley Butte
| listing =
| country = United States
| state = Oregon
| subdivision2_type = County
| subdivision2 = Curry County
| map = USA Oregon
| map_size = 240
| map_caption = Location in SW Oregon
| coordinates = {{coord|42.102367047|N|124.152799281|W|type:mountain_region:US-OR_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite ngs |pid=OA0943 |name=Mount Emily Lookout Tower |access-date=2008-03-31}}
| topo = USGS Mount Emily
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Mount Emily (Tolowa: en-may {{Cite web
| title = Siletz Talking Dictionary
| accessdate = 2012-06-04
| url = http://siletz.swarthmore.edu/?entry=4861
}}) 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 {{convert|5|mi|km}} from the Pacific Ocean and {{convert|5|mi|km}} from the California state line.
Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
{{Main|Lookout Air Raids }}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
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| image = Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bomb Site (Brookings, Oregon).jpg
| caption =
| nearest_city = Brookings, Oregon
| coordinates = {{coord|42|4|42|N|124|6|40|W|display=inline}}
| locmapin = Oregon#USA
| sigdate1_label = Event date
| sigdate1 = September 9, 1942
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| added = July 6, 2006
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 06000589{{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=September 10, 2021|refnum=06000589|name=Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site}}
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest: Japanese Bombing Site Trail #1118 |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/rogue-siskiyou/recarea/?recid=69514 |publisher=United States Forest Service |access-date=10 September 2021}} 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.
See also
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External links
- {{cite gnis |id=1141873 |name=Mount Emily}}
- {{cite opentopomap|Mount Emily|42.10249|-124.15409|2023-05-11}}
{{National Register of Historic Places Oregon}}
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Category:Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Category:Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Category:Mountains of Curry County, Oregon
Category:World War II on the National Register of Historic Places