Mount Tonante

Mount Tonante (Istalian: Monte Tonante) is a mountain in Istalia part of the Nayar Range, close to the border with Solentia. With its 4,697 metres of height it's the highest peak of Istalia. It is considered a mountain of great appeal for international mountaineering.

Etymology
The native name of the mountain means Thunderous and it derives from a myth by the ancient Qolshamin religion later incorporated also into selucian traditions. The mount was considered sacred to the supreme deity of the Qolshamin pantheon, Ansar, the king of the gods, god of the sky, weather, law, order, and civilization. It was associated by the selucian settlers to the supreme deity of the Selucian religion, Sol Lucidus, which in the local selucian colonies adopted many attributes of Ansar, among which his ability to generate storms and launch thunderbolts.

Peaks
Mainly of granite nature, bristling with pinnacles and ridges, carved by deep valleys in which numerous glaciers flow, Mount Tonante presents several peaks, the highest of which the Merino Peaks, followed by St. Sara Peaks and Taglierino Peak.

Exploits
The mountain was climbed for the first time in 1784 by the Istalian Ludovico Merini who, although he had been "invited" to give up by the Quanzar authorities, he undertook the feat for sense of patriotism. The highest peak of the mountain, the top of the icy blanket, moved about 40 meters east of the underlying rocky summit, takes the name of Merini Peak in honor of the Istalian explorer.

Tonante Mount Highway Tunnel
In 4572, a drilling project was initiated to carve a tunnel through the mountain. The Tonante Mount Highway Tunnel would connect Trivendito, Istalia and Frostland, formely knwon as Shinatawa, Solentia, and become one of the major trans-Nayar transport routes between the two countries. In 4581, the tunnel was inaugurated at the presence of the highest officials of Istalia and Solentia while it opened to vehicle traffic in 4582, with a length of 17,611 metres. The tunnel passes almost exactly under the Taglierino Peak. At this spot, it lies 3,998 metres beneath the surface, making it the Majatra's deepest operational tunnel and among the deepest worldwide.