Mount Thor
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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. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1969 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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