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  2. Mount Thor - Wikipedia

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    The mountain is located 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Pangnirtung and features Earth's greatest vertical drop of 1,200 m (4,100 ft), with the cliff overhanging at an average angle of 105 degrees (15 degrees from vertical). [6] Despite its remoteness, this feature makes the mountain a popular rock climbing site. Camping is allowed, with several ...

  3. Extremes on Earth - Wikipedia

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    The fastest point on Earth or, in other words, the point farthest from Earth's rotational axis is the summit of Cayambe [14] ... Greatest purely vertical drop:

  4. List of waterfalls by height - Wikipedia

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    1.2 By tallest single drop. 2 World's tallest ... This list consists of the waterfalls which are known to have a singular individual step with a vertical drop of at ...

  5. List of cliffs by continent - Wikipedia

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    This is commonly regarded as being the largest vertical drop on Earth [4] at 1,250 metres (4,100 ft). The sheer north face of Polar Sun Spire, Baffin Island, rises 4,300 ft above the flat frozen fjord, although the lower portion of the face breaks from the vertical wall with a series of ledges and buttresses. [5]

  6. List of elevation extremes by region - Wikipedia

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    Elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, ... Earth: Mount Everest [1] 8848 m 29,029 ft Dead Sea [2] −428 m −1,404 ft: 9,276 m 30,433 ft

  7. 26 of the greatest natural wonders of the world to remind you ...

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    BY: BRITTANY VANBIBBER As technology advances and space becomes less of an unknown to the human race, our amazing planet Earth can sometimes seem to take a back seat to the other wonders of the ...

  8. Great America's newest roller coaster will have a 'beyond ...

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    The park's announcement said the roller coaster will have the world's steepest drop with the most inversions on a dive coaster, 171 feet at 96 degrees and five inversions.

  9. Baffin Island - Wikipedia

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    Mount Thor, with an elevation of 1,675 m (5,495 ft), is said to have the greatest purely vertical drop (a sheer cliff face) of any mountain on Earth, at 1,250 m (4,100 ft). [ 24 ] The two largest lakes on the island lie in the south-central part of the island: Nettilling Lake (5,542 km 2 ; 2,140 sq mi) and Amadjuak Lake (3,115 km 2 ; 1,203 sq ...