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The Storm Peaks are a mountain range in the north-east of Northrend. It is where a mysterious race of Storm Giants live. The third Titan city of Ulduar is also located here. The winds that rip through the mountains are extremely violent and dangerous.

At the south-western edge of the zone is Crystalsong Forest, over which the city of Dalaran floats.

Also shown on the map is the Temple of Storms. The purpose of said temple is unknown.

A flying mount is required to access most of this zone.

The city of Ulduar, being home to Giants, is massive.

It is rumored that the last key to open Uldum, as stated by the keeper of Norgannon in the last quest of Ulduman, might be located in Ulduar.

From WoWWiki:

It was in the Storm Peaks that a titanic battle occurred between Aegwynn, Guardian of Tirisfal, and Sargeras, the lord of the Burning Legion.

The Storm Peaks have treacherous paths, powerful winds, jagged cliffs and hungry monsters. They are also home to the storm giants, one of the oldest races in the world and the keepers of the Titans’ legacy. The two biggest dangers in the Storm Peaks aren’t necessarily its inhabitants. The wind is fierce and constant, and can easily tug someone off a cliff. One look at those paths it has cut through the cliffs and one realizes how deadly wind can be. The second danger is sunlight. The peaks are covered in ice and the light reflects from every angle. Up here the ice is everywhere. Wearing dark glasses is the only way to survive — otherwise a person is blinded every time he moves his head, and before long he'll step wrong and tumble off a cliff or down a ravine. The weather doesn’t help — it’s either clear and sunny, with the nasty glare, or dark as night and pouring, with sheets of freezing rain, hail or snow battering down and making every surface as slick as oil.

One would think the Storm Peaks were mountains, but that’s not entirely accurate. While they do have the highest elevation of any region in Northrend, certainly. On the edge of the peaks one can look out over Icecrown Glacier to the west, Crystalsong Forest to the south, Zul’Drak to the east, and the ocean to the north. But they aren’t mountains. They are cliffs. The “peaks” are the spots where wind has not cut away the ice and rock, as opposed to the narrow paths it has carved. Through large parts of this region a person can literally leap from peak to peak, provided the wind does not throw him over the edge. Ulduar, like much of Northrend, is sparsely inhabited. The giants stay hidden, their golems don’t bother anyone unless someone approaches the giants’ homes, and the magnataur and wendigo are infrequent and large enough to spot from a distance. It’s a good place to be alone with one's thoughts if they don’t mind the biting wind, the searing cold, and the repetitive stretches of ice and rock. The peaks are handsome in an austere way. Little grows here — a random bush sprouting in a nook along a cliff face, a few tough blades of grass in a crack. Everything else is stone and ice. Animals appear to be rare, and its unknown what the wendigo and magnataur eat to survive. Perhaps they eat each other and any travelers they can find.

Ulduar was one of the complex the titans used to shape Azeroth, along with Uldaman and Uldum. Each of those complex supposedly served a unique purpose.