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Mount Thor Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Mount Thor? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Mount Thor is an active volcano that last erupted in the 1800s.

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✗ FALSE

Mount Thor is a granite peak, not a volcano. It was formed by glacial erosion and is geologically stable. There are no volcanoes on Baffin Island.

2.

Mount Thor is located in Antarctica, not North America.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Mount Thor is on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, within the Arctic Circle. It is firmly in North America, not Antarctica.

3.

The first successful ascent of Mount Thor was completed in 1953.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Mount Thor was first climbed in 1965, not 1953. The date is often confused with the 1953 first ascent of Mount Everest.

4.

Mount Thor's vertical drop is steeper than the face of El Capitan.

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Mount Thor on Baffin Island has a 4,101-foot vertical drop with an average overhang of 15° (105° from horizontal), making it steeper than El Capitan's nearly vertical 3,000-foot face.

5.

Mount Thor's sheer cliff face is the longest vertical drop of any mountain on Earth.

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With a 1,250-meter (4,101-foot) continuous vertical drop, Mount Thor holds the Guinness World Record for the greatest purely vertical drop on Earth.

6.

Mount Thor is located within Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island, Canada.

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Mount Thor is a mountain in Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

7.

Mount Thor was named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor.

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Mount Thor, on Baffin Island, was named in 1953 by geologist Patrick Baird directly after the Norse god of thunder, along with nearby peaks like Mount Asgard and Mount Odin.

8.

Mount Thor has the world's greatest vertical drop, measuring 1,250 meters (4,101 ft).

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Its west face drops a sheer 1,250 m (4,101 ft), recognized as Earth's greatest vertical drop.

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