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Camping is allowed, with several designated campsites located throughout the length of Akshayuk Pass. For climbers looking to scale Mount Thor, there is an established campsite a few kilometres north of its base, complete with windbreaks and emergency shelters. The English naming of the mountain originates from Thor, the Norse thunder god. [7]
This is a list of all 270 mountains in or bordering Indonesia which have a topographic prominence of at least 1,000 m (3,300 ft) (named "ribus" from the Indonesia word for "thousand") along with 115 less prominent peaks which are considered to have significant tourist interest, known as "spesials".
The highest point in Indonesia is Puncak Jaya, in Central Papua, at 4,884 metres (16,024 feet), which ranks the country as 28th by highest point [citation needed]. Several of the peaks in the list are unnamed, and are better known by the mountain range in which they are located:
Thor Peak is part of the Wenatchee Mountains which are a subrange of the Cascade Range. It is situated six miles (9.7 km) south of Stevens Pass and one mile east of the Cascade crest. Thor Peak is in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness on land managed by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest.
Mount Thor is a mountain in Auyuittuq National Park, Nunavut, Canada. Mount Thor may also refer to: Mount Thor (Alaska) Mount Thor (Antarctica)
Mount Thor (12,251 ft) is the second-highest peak of the Chugach Mountains in Alaska. It is named after Thor , Norse God of Thunder, because of the noise of avalanches on this mountain. [ 4 ] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1969 by the United States Board on Geographic Names .
Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872).. Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility.
In the expedition's home country of Indonesia, the core team successfully reached the summit of the Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m above sea level) on February 26, 2009. [3] They summited Mount Kilimanjaro , Tanzania , Africa (5,895 m) via Machame on August 10, 2010, and two weeks later reached the peak of Mount Elbrus , Russia , Europe (5,642 m ...