Mordwand

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Mordwand is the ominous German nickname, meaning "murder wall," for the notoriously dangerous north face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps.

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Label Occurrences
Mordwand canonical 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climbing route
mountain face
belongsTo Swiss Alps climbing routes
hasApproximateHeight about 1800 meters
hasClimbingSeason summer
winter
hasClimbingStyle alpine climbing
mixed climbing
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of extreme alpinism
hasHazard avalanches
icefall
rockfall
sudden storms
hasNameConnotation deadly
ominous
hasReputation notoriously dangerous
one of the most difficult alpine faces
hasSurfaceType ice
rock
snow
isConsidered classic testpiece of the Alps
isFamousIn mountaineering history
isPartOf Eiger north wall complex NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf alpine rescue reports
climbing documentaries
mountaineering literature
isVisibleFrom Grindelwald valley NERFINISHED
Kleine Scheidegg area NERFINISHED
Lauterbrunnen valley NERFINISHED
knownAs Eiger north face NERFINISHED
knownFor frequent rockfall
high objective danger
steep mixed rock and ice terrain
unpredictable weather
locatedInCountry Switzerland NERFINISHED
locatedInMountainRange Bernese Alps NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Bernese Oberland NERFINISHED
locatedOn Eiger NERFINISHED
meaningOfName murder wall
nameLanguage German
nicknameFor Eiger north face NERFINISHED
orientation north face
refersTo north face of the Eiger

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

Eiger northFaceNickname Mordwand
The Eiger hasNickname Mordwand
subject surface form: Eiger north face