El Capitan

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climbing area granite monolith natural monument rock formation

El Capitan is a massive vertical granite monolith in California’s Sierra Nevada, famed worldwide as one of the most iconic and challenging big-wall rock climbing destinations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
El Capitan canonical	59
El Cap Tower	1
El Capitan southwest face	1
El Capitan, Yosemite National Park	1
Southwest Face of El Capitan	1
The Nose (El Capitan)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	climbing area ⓘ granite monolith ⓘ natural monument ⓘ rock formation ⓘ
climbingSeason	fall ⓘ spring ⓘ
composition	granodiorite ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevation	about 2,307 meters above sea level ⓘ about 7,569 feet above sea level ⓘ
famousClimbType	aid climbing ⓘ free climbing ⓘ free solo climbing ⓘ
featureType	cliff ⓘ rock wall ⓘ
firstAscent	1958 ⓘ
firstAscentBy	George Whitmore ⓘ Warren Harding ⓘ Wayne Merry ⓘ
firstFreeAscentOfTheNose	1993 ⓘ
firstFreeAscentOfTheNoseBy	Lynn Hill ⓘ
firstFreeSoloOfFreerider	2017 ⓘ
firstFreeSoloOfFreeriderBy	Alex Honnold ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cretaceous ⓘ
hasClimbingRoute	Freerider ⓘ Lurking Fear ⓘ Salathé Wall ⓘ The Dawn Wall ⓘ The Nose ⓘ Zodiac ⓘ
hasPhotoOp	Tunnel View ⓘ
heightAboveValleyFloor	about 3,000 feet ⓘ about 900 meters ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Mariposa County ⓘ surface form: Mariposa County, California Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yosemite National Park ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ
mountainRange	Sierra Nevada ⓘ
nameLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
nameMeaning	The Captain ⓘ The Chief ⓘ
notableFor	big-wall rock climbing ⓘ iconic rock formation of Yosemite Valley ⓘ sheer vertical granite face ⓘ
partOf	Yosemite Valley ⓘ
protectedArea	Yosemite National Park ⓘ
touristAttraction	Yosemite National Park ⓘ
visibleFrom	Yosemite Valley floor ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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

Yosemite National Park → contains → El Capitan ⓘ

Yosemite National Park → famousClimbingArea → El Capitan ⓘ

Bridalveil Fall → nearbyFeature → El Capitan ⓘ

Yosemite Valley → knownFor → El Capitan ⓘ

Yosemite Valley → hasCliff → El Capitan ⓘ

Merced River → passesFeature → El Capitan ⓘ

Tunnel View → offersViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Tunnel View → nearbyCliff → El Capitan ⓘ

Pohono Trail → offersViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Four Mile Trail → offersViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

The Nose → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

The Nose → famousFeature → El Capitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: El Cap Tower

Salathé Wall → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

Lurking Fear → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

Zodiac → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

The Dawn Wall → locatedIn → El Capitan ⓘ

Wayne Merry → climbed → El Capitan ⓘ

Wayne Merry → associatedWith → El Capitan ⓘ

Lynn Hill → performedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

Lynn Hill → associatedWithPlace → El Capitan ⓘ

The Captain → hasNameInSpanish → El Capitan ⓘ

Freerider → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

Freerider → followsFace → El Capitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Face of El Capitan

Freerider → isOnFormation → El Capitan ⓘ

Cathedral Rocks → faces → El Capitan ⓘ

Cathedral Rocks → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Wawona Road → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Free Solo → subject → El Capitan ⓘ

Free Solo → featuresLocation → El Capitan ⓘ

Big Oak Flat Road → hasView → El Capitan ⓘ

El Capitan Meadow → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

El Capitan Meadow → near → El Capitan ⓘ

George Whitmore → climbed → El Capitan ⓘ

George Whitmore → climbedRoute → El Capitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Nose (El Capitan)

Jim Bridwell → placeOfActivity → El Capitan ⓘ

Wawona Tunnel → locatedNear → El Capitan ⓘ

Paul Piana → notableLocationOfActivity → El Capitan ⓘ

Northside Drive → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Taft Point → overlooks → El Capitan ⓘ

Taft Point → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Dewey Point → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Old Inspiration Point → offersViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Sentinel Dome area → viewOf → El Capitan ⓘ

Camp 4 campground → nearby → El Capitan ⓘ

Stovelegs → locatedIn → El Capitan ⓘ

Dolt Tower → locatedIn → El Capitan ⓘ

Texas Flake → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

Boot Flake → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

King Swing → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ

Great Roof → locatedIn → El Capitan ⓘ