Mount Thor has the world's greatest vertical drop of four thousand feet
Located in Canada's remote Arctic wilderness, Mount Thor features a record-breaking granite face that plunges 4,101 feet straight down at an average inward angle of fifteen degrees.
Mount Thor holds the record for Earth's greatest purely vertical drop, featuring a massive cliff face that falls 1,250 meters from peak to base. This stunning peak in Auyuittuq National Park is famous among climbers for its unique overhanging geometry. Because the cliff actually leans inward at an average angle of fifteen degrees, a dropped object would fall directly to the valley floor without ever hitting the rock wall.
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