Antarctica

Thor, Mount

The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the of , Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,200 metres
  • Description: mountain in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount Thor”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Freya, Mount.

Peak
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the of , Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Labyrinth and Linnaeus Terrace.

Locality
Photo: Dturme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an extensive flat upland area which has been deeply eroded, at the west end of , in , Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition because the eroded dolerite of which it is formed gives an appearance of a .

Locality
is a rock terrace on the north side of in the of , . It is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No.138 because it is one of the richest known sites for the cryptoendolithic communities that colonise the Beacon Sandstone. is situated 8 km east of Thor, Mount.

Thor, Mount

Latitude
-77.59948° or 77° 35′ 58″ south
Longitude
160.72717° or 160° 43′ 38″ east
Elevation
2,200 metres (7,218 feet)
Named after
Thor
Open location code
2VJ2CP2G+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7952842283
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6626687
Wiki­data ID
Q17049034
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Thor, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Thor”
  • Chinese: “索爾山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Thor”
  • French: “mont Thor”
  • French: “Mont Thor”
  • German: “Mount Thor”
  • Hebrew: “הר ת’ור”
  • Hebrew: “הר תור”
  • Ladin: “Mount Thor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Thor”
  • Swedish: “Mount Thor, Antarktis”
  • Swedish: “Thor”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hess Mesa and Baldr, Mount.

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