Mont Blanc du Tacul

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Alpine four-thousander mountain

Mont Blanc du Tacul is a prominent 4,248-meter peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, popular with mountaineers as part of the classic route to Mont Blanc.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Alpine four-thousander → mountain →
accessPoint	Aiguille du Midi cable car station →
alsoKnownAs	Mont Blanc du Tacul (French spelling) →
approachFrom	Cosmiques Hut → Refuge des Cosmiques → Refuge des Cosmiques via Col du Midi →
climbingGradeTypicalNormalRoute	PD →
coordinates	45.869°N 6.887°E →
country	France →
department	Haute-Savoie →
elevation	13936 feet → 4248 metres →
firstAscent	1855-08-08 →
firstAscentBy	Charles Hudson → Christopher Smyth → Edward John Stevenson → James G. Smyth NERFINISHED → guides from Chamonix →
glacier	Glacier du Géant → Vallée Blanche →
hasFeature	crevassed glacier terrain → serac-threatened slopes →
hazard	avalanches → crevasses → serac fall →
isOnBorder	near border between France and Italy →
liesOnRouteTo	Mont Blanc summit via Trois Monts route →
listing	Alpine mountains above 4000 m →
locatedIn	French Alps →
locatedInProtectedArea	Mont Blanc massif high-mountain zone →
mountainRange	Mont Blanc massif →
nearestTown	Chamonix-Mont-Blanc →
normalRoute	from Aiguille du Midi via Col du Midi and northwest face →
parentPeak	Mont Blanc →
partOf	Graian Alps →
partOfRoute	Trois Monts route →
popularFor	alpine climbing → mountaineering → ski mountaineering →
prominence	234 metres →
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes →
relativeLocation	east of Aiguille du Midi → west of Mont Maudit →
season	also climbed in spring for ski mountaineering → commonly climbed in summer →
summitType	glaciated summit →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mont Blanc du Tacul ("Mont Blanc du Tacul (French spelling)") → Trois Monts Route ("Mont Blanc du Tacul – Mont Maudit – Mont Blanc route") →	alsoKnownAs
Mont Blanc massif →	contains
Mont Blanc →	hasNearbyPeak
Mont Maudit →	near
Trois Monts Route →	summitsIncluded
Trois Monts Route →	traverses