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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
El Cap Tower 1
Southwest Face of 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 (29)

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

Wayne Merry → associatedWith → El Capitan ⓘ
Lynn Hill → associatedWithPlace → El Capitan ⓘ
Wayne Merry → climbed → El Capitan ⓘ
Yosemite National Park → contains → El Capitan ⓘ
Cathedral Rocks → faces → El Capitan ⓘ
The Nose → famousFeature → El Capitan ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Cap Tower
Free Solo → featuresLocation → El Capitan ⓘ
Freerider → followsFace → El Capitan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Face of El Capitan
Yosemite Valley → hasCliff → El Capitan ⓘ
The Captain → hasNameInSpanish → El Capitan ⓘ
Cathedral Rocks → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ
Wawona Road → hasViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ
Freerider → isOnFormation → El Capitan ⓘ
Yosemite Valley → knownFor → El Capitan ⓘ
The Dawn Wall → locatedIn → El Capitan ⓘ
Freerider → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ
Lurking Fear → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ
Salathé Wall → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ
The Nose → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ
Zodiac → locatedOn → El Capitan ⓘ
Tunnel View → nearbyCliff → El Capitan ⓘ
Bridalveil Fall → nearbyFeature → El Capitan ⓘ
Four Mile Trail → offersViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ
Pohono Trail → offersViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ
Tunnel View → offersViewOf → El Capitan ⓘ
Merced River → passesFeature → El Capitan ⓘ
Lynn Hill → performedOn → El Capitan ⓘ
Free Solo → subject → El Capitan ⓘ