Mount Thor (Alaska)
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Mount Thor | |
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Highest point | |
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Geography | |
Location | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, U.S. |
Parent range | Chugach Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Anchorage B-1 Quadrangle |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1968 by Vin Hoeman, Winfred Bludworth and Harry Bludworth[1] |
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.[3]