Asses Ears (Alaska)

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Elevation1,824 ft (556 m)
EtymologyAugust 11, 1816 by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue, Imperial Russian Navy
CountryUSA
StateAlaska
Asses Ears
Highest point
Elevation1,824 ft (556 m)
Naming
EtymologyAugust 11, 1816 by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue, Imperial Russian Navy
Geography
CountryUSA
StateAlaska
RegionNorthwest 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]

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