Asses Ears (Alaska)

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.


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