Mount Thor in Canada has the greatest vertical drop of any cliff on Earth.
Why it is true
The face of this granite peak on Baffin Island drops abruptly 1250 meters without interruption. It is a purely vertical drop, much steeper and more continuous than the slopes of taller mountains.
Source: National Geographic
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