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Mount Thor is a 12,251-foot peak in Alaska and the second-highest mountain in the Chugach range. Named for the Norse god of thunder because avalanches echo across its slopes, it received official recognition from the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1969. The mountain stands in a tundra climate with long, cold, snowy winters and cool summers. Moist weather systems moving in from the Gulf of Alaska rise over the Chugach Mountains and produce heavy rain and snow, while winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F and wind chills fall even lower than −20 °F.
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