Information About

Mount Thor

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 29' 10" N,
147 ° 8' 49.999" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Glacier View

Parent

Chugach Mountains

Elevation

11932 ft (3636.87 m)

Mount Thor in Detail.

About

Located in the Chugach Mountains, 3 miles northwest of Mount Valhalla.

History

Named for Thor, Norse God of Thunder, because of the noise of avalanches on the feature. In December 1964, Mount Willard Gibbs was submitted as a name change proposal for this feature. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) rejected the proposal in February 1965, because no significant association was shown between Professor Gibbs and the feature to be named.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-1 NE (2016),

Places Near Mount Thor

Glaciers:

Second Branch Columbia Glacier (not official),

Routes:

Puck Futin,

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Mount Edison, Mount Einstein, Mount Elusive, Mount Fafnir, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Mount Haley, Mount Langmuir, Mount Michelson, Sharkstooth Mountain, Mount Siegfried, Mount Thor, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,

Peaks:

Camels Hump,