Mount Emily

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

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
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[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

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Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Brookings, Oregon
Coordinates	42°4′42″N 124°6′40″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

• American Theater (World War II)