Castor

E145808
Alpine four-thousander mountain

Castor is a prominent peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, known for its twin-summit pairing with the nearby mountain Pollux.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Castor canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine four-thousander ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
climbingDifficultyNormalRoute PD+ ⓘ
coordinates 45.922°N 7.799°E ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
elevation 4223 m ⓘ
4223 metres ⓘ
firstAscentBy F. W. Jacomb ⓘ
Michel Croz ⓘ
Peter Taugwalder senior ⓘ
surface form: Peter Taugwalder Jr.

Peter Taugwalder senior ⓘ
surface form: Peter Taugwalder Sr.

William Mathews ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1861-08-23 ⓘ
glacierOnSlopes Festigletscher ⓘ
surface form: Felikgletscher

Verra Glacier ⓘ
Zwillingsgletscher ⓘ
hasFeature twin summits ⓘ
hasListing Alpine mountains above 4000 m ⓘ
isPartOfBorder Italian–Swiss border ⓘ
surface form: Swiss–Italian border
liesBetween Valtournenche ⓘ
Zermatt ⓘ
locatedIn Aosta Valley ⓘ
Pennine Alps ⓘ
Valais ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Pennine Alps ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
mapRegion Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo ⓘ
surface form: Swisstopo 1:25,000
name Castor ⓘ
namedAfter Castor ⓘ
surface form: Castor (mythology)
nearbyMountain Pollux ⓘ
nearestMajorSettlement Champoluc ⓘ
Zermatt ⓘ
normalRoute from Zermatt via Felikjoch and southwest ridge ⓘ
overlooks Gorner Glacier ⓘ
surface form: Gorner Glacier region

Val d’Ayas ⓘ
surface form: Val d'Ayas
parentPeak Liskamm ⓘ
partOf Alps ⓘ
partOfSubrange Monte Rosa–Dom chain ⓘ
surface form: Monte Rosa group
prominence 227 m ⓘ
rangeSection Monte Rosa ⓘ
surface form: Monte Rosa massif
SOIUSAClassification North-Western Alps ⓘ
Pennine Alps ⓘ
Western Alps ⓘ
SOIUSASectionCode I/B-9 ⓘ
summitCount 2 ⓘ
twinPeakWith Pollux ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennine Alps → contains → Castor ⓘ
Gorner Glacier → hasNearbyPeak → Castor ⓘ
Alps four-thousanders → hasMember → Castor ⓘ
UIAA list of Alpine four-thousanders → includes → Castor ⓘ
Lyskamm → near → Castor ⓘ
Gornergrat → overlooks → Castor ⓘ