Information About

Aspero Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 17' 38" N,
147 ° 15' 18" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Elevation

9636 ft (2937.05 m)

Aspero Peak in Detail.

About

Between Meares and Yale Glaciers, 7.3 mi SSW of Mount Witherspoon and 36 mi WNW of Valdez, Chugach Mountains.

History

Aspero is a Spanish word meaning "rough," given about 1957 by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition, sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America (Nielsen, 1963, p. 135).

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