north face of Mount Everest

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mountain face

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
North Col route on Mount Everest	1
North Face of Mount Everest	1
north face of Mount Everest canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain face ⓘ
accessedFrom	Chinese Everest Base Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ 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) ⓘ pre-monsoon (spring) ⓘ
elevationRange	approximately 6500–8849 metres above sea level ⓘ
firstExploredBy	British Everest expeditions ⓘ
hasFeature	Hornbein Couloir NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ Hornbein Couloir route NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Couloir route ⓘ North Col–Northeast Ridge route NERFINISHED ⓘ Norton Couloir route NERFINISHED ⓘ
hazard	altitude sickness ⓘ avalanches ⓘ crevasses ⓘ extreme cold ⓘ high winds ⓘ rockfall ⓘ
knownFor	extreme climbing routes ⓘ high objective danger ⓘ historic British expeditions ⓘ remote access ⓘ severe wind exposure ⓘ steep terrain ⓘ very low temperatures ⓘ
locatedIn	China ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Tibetan Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableExpedition	1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

George Leigh-Mallory → bodyDiscoveredAt → north face of Mount Everest ⓘ

North Col → connects → north face of Mount Everest ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Face of Mount Everest

South Col route → comparedTo → north face of Mount Everest ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Col route on Mount Everest