What is Mount Asgard?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Asgard | photo = Mount_Asgard_3_2001-07-25.jpg | photo_caption = Mount Asgard in July 2001 | elevation_m = 2015 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=27|name=Mount Asgard|accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> | location = [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]] | range = [[Baffin Mountains]] | coordinates = {{coord|66|40|20|N|65|16|28|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] 026I/11 | type = granite | first_ascent = 1953 by J. Weber, J. Marmet, H. Röthlisberger | easiest_route = technical rock climb ([[Grade (climbing)|Grade IV]], [[Yosemite Decimal System|YDS 5.8/5.9, A1]]) }} '''Mount Asgard''' is a [[mountain]] in [[Baffin Island]], [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. The mountain has a two [[summit|mountain peaks]]. The mountain peaks are flat at the top, in a [[wikt:circular|circular]] shape. The peaks are connected by a large piece of rock. The mountain is on the [[Cumberland Peninsula]] of [[Baffin Island]] and it is part of the [[Baffin Mountains]] [[mountain range]]. The mountain is made up of [[granite]].<ref>{{cite peakware|id=16|title=Mount Asgard|website=Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia|accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> The mountain is named after [[Asgard]]. Asgard is the home of the [[god]]s in [[Norse mythology]]. ==History== The northern peak of Mount Asgard was climbed for the first time in 1953. The climbers that climbed the mountain were J. Weber, J. Marmet, and H. Röthlisberger. They were [[Swiss people|Swiss]] scientists that were part of the Arctic Institute Baffin Island Expedition. The expedition's leader was a Canadian named P. Baird.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfar-evev06.ch/en/expeditions/baffin_island.html|title=Expeditions supported by the SFAR Canadian/Swiss Baffin Island Expeditions, 1950 and 1953|year=1972|location=Zürich, Switzerland|publisher=SFAR Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research|access-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070811163557