Information About

Asses Ears

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Asses Ears on The Map

Location

65 ° 44' 44.999" N,
163 ° 11' 21.998" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

Elevation

1824 ft (555.96 m)

Asses Ears in Detail.

About

extend 200 feet above bench, 2 mi. SE of Black Butte and 8 mi. N of Imuruk Lake; Seward Peninsula High.

History

so named August 11, 1816, by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue (1821, p. 223), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), because "its summit is in the form of two asses' ears" (Baker, 1906, p. 107). Moffit (1905, pl. 5 and p. 27-28), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).