The Eiger

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Alpine four-thousander mountain mountain face tourist attraction

The Eiger is a famous and notoriously challenging mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, renowned for its sheer and dangerous north face that has tested many of the world’s best climbers.

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Label Occurrences
The Eiger canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine four-thousander ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain face ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
featuredIn films about climbing ⓘ
mountaineering literature ⓘ
firstAscentBy Anderl Heckmair ⓘ
Charles Barrington ⓘ
Christian Almer ⓘ
Fritz Kasparek ⓘ
Heinrich Harrer ⓘ
Ludwig Vörg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Bohren ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1858-08-11 ⓘ
1938-07-24 ⓘ
hasClimbingRoutes north face routes ⓘ
south ridge routes ⓘ
west flank routes ⓘ
hasElevation 13025 ft ⓘ
3970 m ⓘ
hasFace Eiger North Face ⓘ
surface form: Eiger north face
hasGlacier Eiger Glacier ⓘ
Lower Grindelwald Glacier ⓘ
hasHeight about 1800 m ⓘ
hasNameEtymology possibly from Old German for "spear" or "javelin" ⓘ
hasNearbyRailwayStation Eigergletscher railway station ⓘ
Kleine Scheidegg railway station ⓘ
hasNickname Mordwand ⓘ
Murder Wall ⓘ
hasNotability iconic peak of Swiss Alps ⓘ
hasParentPeak Mönch ⓘ
hasProminence 362 m ⓘ
hasRangeHighPointStatus one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps ⓘ
hasReputation one of the most difficult and dangerous alpine faces ⓘ
hasRockType limestone ⓘ
isClimbingDestination yes ⓘ
isEastOf Mönch ⓘ
isNorthOf Jungfrau ⓘ
locatedIn Bernese Alps ⓘ
Bernese Oberland ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Eiger ⓘ
orientation north ⓘ
overlooks Grindelwald ⓘ
Lauterbrunnen Valley ⓘ
partOf Alps ⓘ
visibleFrom Jungfrau Railway ⓘ
surface form: Jungfraujoch railway line

Kleine Scheidegg ⓘ

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Sir Chris Bonington → climbed → The Eiger ⓘ
subject surface form: Chris Bonington
Sir Christian Bonington → climbed → The Eiger ⓘ