Mount Thor

Information

Elevation

1.675 m

Country

Canada (CA)

Location / Range

Pulau Baffin — Taman Nasional Auyuittuq, Nunavut

Mountain type

Gunung non-vulkanik (tebing granit / big wall)

Volcanic?

No (non-volcanic)

Coordinates

66.5333, -65.3167

Difficulty

Sangat sulit — tujuan panjat tebing besar (big wall) kelas dunia; pendekatan trekking jauh lewat Akshayuk Pass

Best Season

Juni–Agustus (musim panas Arktik singkat; akses jalur lebih terbuka)

Hazards

Dinding nyaris vertikal menggantung, batu jatuh, sungai gletser yang harus diseberangi di Akshayuk Pass, cuaca Arktik, dan keterpencilan

Description

Mount Thor (officially Thor Peak, 1,675 m) in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island, Nunavut, is famous for having the greatest purely vertical drop on Earth — an overhanging granite face of roughly 1,250 metres. Though modest in elevation, its dramatic wall makes it one of the world's most iconic big-wall climbing objectives, reached via a long trek through the Akshayuk Pass.