Asses Ears (Alaska)

Asses Ears

Highest point
Elevation| 555.96 m (1,824.0 ft)
Naming
Etymology| August 11, 1816 by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue, Imperial Russian Navy
Geography
Country| USA
State| Alaska
Region| Northwest Arctic

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. https://archive.org/details/geographicdicti00bakegoog.
3. ↑ Collier, Arthur James (1904). The Tin Deposits of the York Region, Alaska. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 28–. https://archive.org/details/tindepositsyork00collgoog. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

[ ⚑ ]  65°44′45″N 163°11′00″W﻿ / ﻿65.74583°N 163.1833333°W﻿ / 65.74583; -163.1833333

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