Information About

Asses Ears

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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).

Topo Maps

Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben C-3 (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben C-3 (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1964), Bendeleben C-3 NE (2017),

Places Near Asses Ears

Bays:

Granite Bay, Salix Bay,

Islands:

Gull Islands,

Lakes:

Lake Cloud, Imuruk Lake,

Mountains:

Asses Ears, Black Butte, Camille Cone, Crossfox Butte, Mount Foster, Kettle Dome, Rhododendron Cone, Skeleton Butte, Virginia Butte,

Pillars:

Twincairn Cone,

Ridges:

Nimrod Hill,

Rivers:

Pinnell River,

Streams:

American Creek, Arizona Creek, Collins Creek, Cunningham Creek, Eureka Creek, Fink Creek, Hannum Creek, June Creek, Magnet Creek, Milroy Creek, Nelson Creek, Old Glory Creek, Perry Creek, West Creek,

Valleys:

Eureka Gulch, Logan Gulch, Snow Gulch,

Cities:

Fink Creek,