north face of Mount Everest
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The north face of Mount Everest is the steep, remote Tibetan side of the world’s highest mountain, known for its extreme climbing routes and historic early British expeditions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| North Col route on Mount Everest | 1 |
| North Face of Mount Everest | 1 |
| north face of Mount Everest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5207908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: north face of Mount Everest Context triple: [George Leigh-Mallory, bodyDiscoveredAt, north face of Mount Everest]
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South Face of Annapurna
The South Face of Annapurna is a notoriously steep and dangerous Himalayan wall, famed as one of high-altitude mountaineering’s most formidable and historic big-wall challenges.
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south face of Denali
The south face of Denali is a massive, steep alpine wall on North America’s highest peak, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging and committing climbing routes.
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North Ridge of K2
The North Ridge of K2 is a major, technically demanding climbing route on the world’s second-highest mountain, rising from the Chinese side and known for its extreme altitude, exposure, and objective hazards.
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D.
Matterhorn north face
The Matterhorn north face is the steep, imposing side of the iconic Alpine peak that towers above the Swiss village of Zermatt and is renowned among climbers for its difficulty and dramatic appearance.
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Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face is a legendary and notoriously challenging alpine wall in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, famed among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic vertical rise.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: north face of Mount Everest Target entity description: The north face of Mount Everest is the steep, remote Tibetan side of the world’s highest mountain, known for its extreme climbing routes and historic early British expeditions.
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A.
South Face of Annapurna
The South Face of Annapurna is a notoriously steep and dangerous Himalayan wall, famed as one of high-altitude mountaineering’s most formidable and historic big-wall challenges.
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B.
south face of Denali
The south face of Denali is a massive, steep alpine wall on North America’s highest peak, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging and committing climbing routes.
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C.
North Ridge of K2
The North Ridge of K2 is a major, technically demanding climbing route on the world’s second-highest mountain, rising from the Chinese side and known for its extreme altitude, exposure, and objective hazards.
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D.
Matterhorn north face
The Matterhorn north face is the steep, imposing side of the iconic Alpine peak that towers above the Swiss village of Zermatt and is renowned among climbers for its difficulty and dramatic appearance.
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E.
Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face is a legendary and notoriously challenging alpine wall in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, famed among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic vertical rise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain face ⓘ |
| accessedFrom |
Chinese Everest Base Camp
NERFINISHED
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Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andrew Irvine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ George Mallory NERFINISHED ⓘ Reinhold Messner NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenzing Norgay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climbingDifficulty | very high ⓘ |
| climbingSeason |
post-monsoon (autumn)
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pre-monsoon (spring) ⓘ |
| elevationRange | approximately 6500–8849 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| firstExploredBy | British Everest expeditions ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Hornbein Couloir
NERFINISHED
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North Col NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeast Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Norton Couloir NERFINISHED ⓘ high avalanche risk slopes ⓘ large hanging glaciers ⓘ steep rock and ice walls ⓘ |
| hasRoute |
Great Couloir (Hornbein Couloir) route
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Hornbein Couloir route NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Couloir route ⓘ North Col–Northeast Ridge route NERFINISHED ⓘ Norton Couloir route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hazard |
altitude sickness
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avalanches ⓘ crevasses ⓘ extreme cold ⓘ high winds ⓘ rockfall ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme climbing routes
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high objective danger ⓘ historic British expeditions ⓘ remote access ⓘ severe wind exposure ⓘ steep terrain ⓘ very low temperatures ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
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Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tibetan Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableExpedition |
1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition
NERFINISHED
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1922 British Mount Everest expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ 1924 British Mount Everest expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | north ⓘ |
| partOf | Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeTo | opposite the south face of Mount Everest ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alpine-style ascents
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high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: north face of Mount Everest Description of subject: The north face of Mount Everest is the steep, remote Tibetan side of the world’s highest mountain, known for its extreme climbing routes and historic early British expeditions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
North Face of Mount Everest
this entity surface form:
North Col route on Mount Everest