Devil's Nose

E918069
geographical feature mountain slope

Devil's Nose is a steep, switchback-laden mountain slope in the Ecuadorian Andes famed for its dramatic and historically significant railway engineering.

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Surface form Occurrences
Nariz del Diablo (Devil’s Nose) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain slope ⓘ
associatedWith Nariz del Diablo train route NERFINISHED ⓘ
considered one of the most difficult railway engineering works in the world ⓘ
constructionEra early 20th century ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
elevationApproxMeters 1900 ⓘ
hasActivity photography ⓘ
sightseeing train rides ⓘ
hasEngineeringReputation devilishly difficult to build ⓘ
hasEngineeringTechnique cut-and-fill excavation ⓘ
rock blasting ⓘ
hasNameInSpanish Nariz del Diablo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyRiver Chanchan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Alausi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayFeature reversing points ⓘ
switchbacks ⓘ
zigzag track ⓘ
hasRisk landslides ⓘ
rockfalls ⓘ
hasTransportMode narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
isTouristAttractionOf Chimborazo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor dramatic railway engineering ⓘ
historically significant railway ⓘ
steep slope ⓘ
switchback railway ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameEtymology name reflects danger and difficulty of construction ⓘ
named for its nose-like rock formation ⓘ
near Alausi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chimborazo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
offersViewOf Chanchan River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ecuadorian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfRouteBetween Alausi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sibambe NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayConstructionBegan late 19th century ⓘ
railwayGauge 1067 mm ⓘ
railwayPassesThrough Ecuadorian Trans-Andean Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guayaquil–Quito railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Sierra region of Ecuador ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
railway tourism ⓘ
usedBy passenger trains ⓘ
tourist trains ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Alausí Nariz del Diablo railway → meaningOfName → Devil's Nose ⓘ
Alausí → hasTouristAttraction → Devil's Nose ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nariz del Diablo (Devil’s Nose)