Nature

How tall is Mount Thor?

Mount Thor rises about 1,675 m (5,495 ft) above sea level.

What is measured: summit elevation above sea level

Mount Thor (1,675 m) drawn to scale beside the Burj Khalifa (828 m) and the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Burj Khalifa (828 m), Mount Thor (1,675 m) and Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 2× as tall as the Burj Khalifa
  • About 5.1× as tall as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 61% of the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 19% of the height of Mount Everest
  • About 18× as tall as the Statue of Liberty

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Facts about Mount Thor

Mount Thor on Baffin Island has one of the world’s greatest uninterrupted vertical drops, plunging roughly 1,250 meters on its west face.

Source: Parks Canada — Auyuittuq National Park; Encyclopaedia Britannica — Mount Thor

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Mount Thor
Mount Vesuvius1,281 m (4,203 ft)0.76×
Mount Pelée1,397 m (4,583 ft)0.83×
Half Dome1,450 m (4,757 ft)0.87×
Mount Pinatubo1,486 m (4,875 ft)0.89×
Mount Tai1,545 m (5,069 ft)0.92×
Sněžka1,603 m (5,259 ft)0.96×
Mount Thor1,675 m (5,495 ft)this page
Mount Washington1,917 m (6,289 ft)1.1×
Mount Mitchell2,037 m (6,683 ft)1.2×
Mount Kosciuszko2,228 m (7,310 ft)1.3×

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