Mount Thor | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,521 ft (3,816 m) [1] |
Prominence | 3,250 ft (991 m) [2] |
Isolation | 19.69 mi (31.69 km) [2] |
Coordinates | 61°29′07″N 147°08′46″W / 61.48528°N 147.14611°W [3] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Matanuska-Susitna |
Protected area | Chugach National Forest [3] |
Parent range | Chugach Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Anchorage B-1 Quadrangle |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1968 by Vin Hoeman, Winford 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. [4] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1969 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [5]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Thor is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. [6] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Chugach Mountains ( orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −20 °F.
Mount Thor | |
---|---|
Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,521 ft (3,816 m) [1] |
Prominence | 3,250 ft (991 m) [2] |
Isolation | 19.69 mi (31.69 km) [2] |
Coordinates | 61°29′07″N 147°08′46″W / 61.48528°N 147.14611°W [3] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Matanuska-Susitna |
Protected area | Chugach National Forest [3] |
Parent range | Chugach Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Anchorage B-1 Quadrangle |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1968 by Vin Hoeman, Winford 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. [4] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1969 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [5]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Thor is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. [6] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Chugach Mountains ( orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −20 °F.