Alaska Gazetteer
Mount Thor is a physical feature (summit) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Mount Thor |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | Located in the Chugach Mountains, 3 miles northwest of Mount Valhalla. |
| History: | Named for Thor, Norse God of Thunder, because of the noise of avalanches on the feature. In December 1964, Mount Willard Gibbs was submitted as a name change proposal for this feature. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) rejected the proposal in February 1965, because no significant association was shown between Professor Gibbs and the feature to be named. |
| Borough: | Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.4853630066 |
| Longitude: | -147.14604187 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Thor: Mount Thor.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mount Thor does not include property ownership information.
