Information About

Aspero Peak

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Valdez

Parent:

Chugach Mountains

Elevation:

9636 ft (2937.05 m)

About

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

History of Aspero Peak

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).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-1 SW (2013),

Places Near Aspero Peak

Glaciers:

Brilliant Glacier, First Branch Columbia Glacier (not official), Harvard Glacier, Meares Glacier, Pedro Glacier, Second Branch Columbia Glacier (not official),

Lakes:

Kadin Lake, Miners Lake,

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Columbia Peak, Mount Defiant, Mount Edison, Mount Einstein, Mount Elusive, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Mount Glenn, Mount Grosvenor, Mount Michelson, Mount Thor, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,

Peaks:

Camels Hump,

Aspero Peak Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Aspero Peak.