West Ridge Research Building

West Ridge Research Building is an university building in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska which is located on North Tanana Drive. West Ridge Research Building is situated nearby to the college Geophysical Institute, as well as near Keith B. Mather Library.

Type: University building
Also known as: “WRRB”
Address: 2145 North Tanana Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of Alaska Museum of the North and Georgeson Botanical Garden.

University of Alaska Museum of the North

Museum

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The University of Alaska Museum of the North is a multidisciplinary museum of natural, cultural, and art history located on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. University of Alaska Museum of the North is situated 1,200 feet southeast of West Ridge Research Building.

Georgeson Botanical Garden

Garden

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The Georgeson Botanical Garden is located at 117 West Tanana Drive on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. The five-acre garden hosts a variety of research and educational programs in subarctic horticulture. Georgeson Botanical Garden is situated 1,600 feet southwest of West Ridge Research Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include College and Chena Ridge.

College

Town

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College is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Chena Ridge

Village

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Chena Ridge is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is the location of the former city of Chena, now a ghost town that once rivaled nearby Fairbanks in importance. Chena Ridge is situated 3 miles southwest of West Ridge Research Building.

Fairbanks

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Fairbanks is a town in interior Alaska. With 31,000 inhabitants, and 98,000 in Fairbanks North Star Borough, it is Alaska's second-largest city. A junction of several major highways, will be a likely stop of most visitors to the state.

West Ridge Research Building

Categories: building and education
Location: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

64.85994° or 64° 51′ 36″ north

Longitude

-147.84928° or 147° 50′ 57″ west

Open location code

93PJV552+X7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 60711340

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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