Greatest Vertical Drop
| Greatest purely vertical drop |
1,250 m (4,101 ft) Mount Thor, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada (summit elevation 1,675 m (5,495 ft)) |
| Greatest nearly vertical drop |
1,340 m (4,396 ft) Trango Towers, Pakistan (summit elevation 6,286 m (20,623 ft)) |
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