Cerro Torre

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Cerro Torre is a dramatic, needle-like granite peak in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, famed among climbers for its extreme difficulty, fierce weather, and iconic ice-capped summit.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cerro Torre canonical 9
Cerro Torre group 4
Cerro Torre massif 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climbing destination ⓘ
granite peak ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
climbingStatus major objective in world alpinism ⓘ
climbingStyle alpine climbing ⓘ
ice and mixed climbing ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Patagonian alpinism ⓘ
difficulty extremely difficult ⓘ
elevation about 3133 m ⓘ
firstAscent generally credited to 1974 Ragni di Lecco team on West Face ⓘ
firstAscentClaim 1959 Maestri claim widely disputed ⓘ
claimed by Cesare Maestri in 1959 ⓘ
hasFeature ice-capped summit ⓘ
mushroom-shaped rime ice formations ⓘ
needle-like shape ⓘ
steep rock faces ⓘ
hasNeighbor Aguja Standhardt ⓘ
Punta Herron ⓘ
Torre Egger ⓘ
hazard avalanche risk on ice mushrooms ⓘ
falling ice ⓘ
high winds ⓘ
severe storms ⓘ
inProtectedArea Bernardo O'Higgins National Park (Chilean side) ⓘ
Los Glaciares National Park (Argentinian side) ⓘ
knownFor extreme climbing difficulty ⓘ
fierce weather ⓘ
rapidly changing weather conditions ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
technical mixed and ice climbing ⓘ
locatedIn Patagonia ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Southern Patagonian Ice Field ⓘ
border region between Argentina and Chile ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
near El Chaltén ⓘ
Fitz Roy ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Fitz Roy
notableDebate controversy over Maestri’s compressor route ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
Cerro Torre group ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
photoSubject iconic landscape photography location ⓘ
prominence high relative to surrounding terrain ⓘ
range Andes ⓘ
region Southern Patagonia ⓘ
linked to: Patagonia
standardRoute Ragni Route (West Face) ⓘ
visibleFrom Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

El Chaltén → near → Cerro Torre ⓘ
El Chaltén → hasViewOf → Cerro Torre group ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre → partOf → Cerro Torre group ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Cerro → exampleUsageInToponym → Cerro Torre ⓘ
Laguna Torre trail → hasViewOf → Cerro Torre ⓘ
Laguna Torre trail → near → Cerro Torre ⓘ
Southern Patagonian Andes → hasPart → Cerro Torre ⓘ
Loma del Pliegue Tumbado trail → near → Cerro Torre group ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Torre Egger → mountainRange → Cerro Torre Group ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Torre Egger → isPartOf → Cerro Torre massif ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Punta Herron → partOf → Cerro Torre massif ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Aguja Standhardt → partOf → Cerro Torre group ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Aguja Standhardt → near → Cerro Torre ⓘ
Ragni Route (West Face) → locatedIn → Cerro Torre massif ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Torre
Ragni Route (West Face) → mountain → Cerro Torre ⓘ