Dent du Géant

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climbing destination granite peak mountain peak

Dent du Géant is a striking granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, renowned among climbers for its distinctive tooth-like shape and challenging ascents.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Frêney Pillar 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climbing destination ⓘ
granite peak ⓘ
mountain peak ⓘ
accessPoint Punta Helbronner ⓘ
Torino Hut ⓘ
climbingGrade AD ⓘ
climbingStyle rock climbing ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
elevation 13166 ft ⓘ
4013 m ⓘ
firstAscentBy Alfred Burgener ⓘ
Alfred Burgener ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Burgener

Kaspar Maurer ⓘ
Nicholas Proctor Brown ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1882-08-20 ⓘ
firstAscentRoute South-West Face ⓘ
hasFixedEquipment pitons and fixed ropes on normal route ⓘ
hasProminence ca. 160 m ⓘ
hasRockType granite ⓘ
hasShape tooth-like ⓘ
hasTwoSummits true ⓘ
higherSummitElevation 4013 m ⓘ
higherSummitName Pointe Graham ⓘ
isFamousFor prominent granite tower ⓘ
striking tooth-like profile ⓘ
technical rock routes ⓘ
listedIn UIAA list of Alpine four-thousanders ⓘ
locatedIn Alps ⓘ
Graian Alps ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
lowerSummitElevation ca. 4001 m ⓘ
lowerSummitName Pointe Sella ⓘ
mountainRange Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
nameLanguage French ⓘ
nameMeaning Giant’s Tooth ⓘ
near Aiguille du Midi ⓘ
Tour Ronde ⓘ
normalRoute South-West Face ⓘ
onBorderWith France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
overlooks Glacier du Géant ⓘ
parentPeak Mont Blanc ⓘ
partOf Alps four-thousanders ⓘ
popularWith alpine climbers ⓘ
region Aosta Valley ⓘ
Haute-Savoie ⓘ
season summer climbing season ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Mont Blanc massif → containsRoute → Dent du Géant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frêney Pillar
Courmayeur → hasNearbyPeak → Dent du Géant ⓘ
subject surface form: Skyway Monte Bianco
Punta Helbronner → overlooks → Dent du Géant ⓘ