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Asses Ears (Alaska)

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

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

  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


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