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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 ...
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.
Mountains of Indonesia — many Indonesian mountains are known as Gunung, & most are active or dormant volcanoes. See also: Category:Mountain ranges of Indonesia and Category:Volcanoes of Indonesia Subcategories
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.
Thórsmörk (Icelandic: Þórsmörk, [ˈθour̥sˌmœr̥k] ⓘ) is a mountain ridge in Iceland that was named after the Norse god Thor (Þór). It is situated in the south of Iceland between the glaciers Tindfjallajökull and Eyjafjallajökull.