Asses Ears (Alaska)

Summary

Asses Ears is a summit in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, in the United States. It has an elevation of 1,824 feet (556 m).[1]

Asses Ears
Highest point
Elevation555.96 m (1,824.0 ft)
Naming
EtymologyAugust 11, 1816 by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue, Imperial Russian Navy
Geography
CountryUSA
StateAlaska
RegionNorthwest Arctic

The mountain was so named in 1816 by Otto von Kotzebue because "its summit is in the form of two asses' ears".[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Asses Ears (Alaska)
  2. ^ Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic dictionary of Alaska. United States Government Printing Office. p. 107.
  3. ^ Collier, Arthur James (1904). The Tin Deposits of the York Region, Alaska. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 28–. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

65°44′45″N 163°11′00″W / 65.74583°N 163.18333°W / 65.74583; -163.18333