Castor

E145808

Castor is a prominent peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, known for its twin-summit pairing with the nearby mountain Pollux.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Castor canonical 11
Castor A 1
Castor C 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine four-thousander ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
climbingDifficultyNormalRoute PD+ ⓘ
coordinates 45.922°N 7.799°E ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
elevation 4223 m ⓘ
4223 metres ⓘ
firstAscentBy F. W. Jacomb ⓘ
Michel Croz ⓘ
Peter Taugwalder Jr. ⓘ
Peter Taugwalder Sr. ⓘ
William Mathews ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1861-08-23 ⓘ
glacierOnSlopes Felikgletscher ⓘ
linked to: Festigletscher

Verra Glacier ⓘ
Zwillingsgletscher ⓘ
hasFeature twin summits ⓘ
hasListing Alpine mountains above 4000 m ⓘ
isPartOfBorder Swiss–Italian border ⓘ
liesBetween Valtournenche ⓘ
Zermatt ⓘ
locatedIn Aosta Valley ⓘ
Pennine Alps ⓘ
Valais ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Pennine Alps ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
mapRegion Swisstopo 1:25,000 ⓘ
name Castor ⓘ
namedAfter Castor (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Castor
nearbyMountain Pollux ⓘ
nearestMajorSettlement Champoluc ⓘ
Zermatt ⓘ
normalRoute from Zermatt via Felikjoch and southwest ridge ⓘ
overlooks Gorner Glacier region ⓘ
linked to: Gorner Glacier

Val d'Ayas ⓘ
linked to: Val d’Ayas
parentPeak Liskamm ⓘ
partOf Alps ⓘ
partOfSubrange Monte Rosa group ⓘ
prominence 227 m ⓘ
rangeSection Monte Rosa massif ⓘ
linked to: Monte Rosa
SOIUSAClassification North-Western Alps ⓘ
Pennine Alps ⓘ
Western Alps ⓘ
SOIUSASectionCode I/B-9 ⓘ
summitCount 2 ⓘ
twinPeakWith Pollux ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Pennine Alps → contains → Castor ⓘ
Lyskamm → near → Castor ⓘ
Gornergrat → overlooks → Castor ⓘ
Champoluc → hasNearbyPeak → Castor ⓘ
Alpha Geminorum → component → Castor A ⓘ
linked to: Castor
Alpha Geminorum → component → Castor C ⓘ
linked to: Castor
Alpha Geminorum → component → Castor Ca ⓘ
linked to: Castor
Castoridae → typeGenus → Castor ⓘ