The Brassiere Hills are a pair of summits in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is located at the northern end of Taku Inlet, north of Taku Point and northeast of the city of Juneau. The peaks are and high and a stream named Zipper Creek runs between them.Monmonier, Mark. 2006. Accessed June 9, 2010.
Ice thickness studies of Taku Glacier were conducted near the hills in 1989, 1990, and 1993.Nolan, et al. Journal of Glaciology. 1995. Accessed June 9, 2010.
Nancy Bartley of The Seattle Times attributes the naming to photographer Austin Post.
The name was noted by the United States Geological Survey on 1948 and 1962 topographical maps of the Juneau area, but it was removed prior to the latter edition's publication. It later appeared on a 1997 USGS map.Monmonier, Mark S. From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. 2006. It was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on March 31, 1981.USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Brassiere Hills
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