The Ray Mountains is a mountain range in central

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named for the Ray River, itself named for

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Captain Patrick Henry Ray, who established a meteorological station in Barrow,

, in 1881.Donald J. Orth.
Dictionary of Alaska Place Names
' Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, p. 795. 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 and are bordered on the east by the

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, on the south by the Tozitna River, and on the north by

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. The highest point in the Ray Mountains is Mount Tozi, which has a summit elevation of . Other notable peaks include Wolf Mountain, Mount Henry Eakin, the Kokrines Hills, and Moran Dome.

References

* * Gates, Douglas
"Yukon-Tanana Uplands"
Greatlandofalaska.com. Accessed February 17, 2009. * Bureau of Land Management
''Kanuti NWR/Ray Mountains/Hogatza River Earth Cover Classification''
Department of the Interior. September 2002. Accessed February 17, 2009.

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