Mont Aiguille

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Mont Aiguille is a striking, isolated limestone peak in the French Prealps, famed as one of the birthplaces of mountaineering due to its historic first ascent in 1492.

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Mont Aiguille canonical 7

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf limestone mountain ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
natural monument ⓘ
access summit accessible only by climbing routes ⓘ
approximateCoordinates 44.82°N 5.55°E ⓘ
belongsTo Vercors Regional Natural Park ⓘ
climbingHistory site of one of the earliest documented technical climbs in history ⓘ
climbingRoutes multiple established climbing routes of varying difficulty ⓘ
climbingSeason mainly late spring to autumn ⓘ
climbingStyle trad and mixed alpine climbing ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic landscape feature of the Vercors and Trièves areas ⓘ
earliestDocumentedAscentCentury 15th century ⓘ
elevation 2087 m ⓘ
approximately 2085–2087 metres above sea level ⓘ
firstAscent 1492 ⓘ
firstAscentBy Antoine de Ville ⓘ
a party sent by King Charles VIII of France ⓘ
firstAscentCommissionedBy Charles VIII of France ⓘ
geologicalComposition limestone ⓘ
hazard rockfall risk on some routes ⓘ
historicalEvent first ascent in 1492 using ladders and ropes ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of the early development of mountaineering in Europe ⓘ
landformType mesa-like peak ⓘ
locatedIn Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
French Prealps ⓘ
Isère department ⓘ
Vercors Massif ⓘ
mountainRange Vercors Massif ⓘ
nearbyTown Chichilianne ⓘ
Clelles ⓘ
notableFor being one of the birthplaces of mountaineering ⓘ
its isolated, steep-sided plateau shape ⓘ
otherName Mont Inaccessible (historical name) ⓘ
partOf Alps ⓘ
prominence highly prominent isolated peak ⓘ
protectionStatus located within the Vercors Regional Natural Park ⓘ
regionType Prealps ⓘ
rockType Mesozoic limestone ⓘ
shape table-top summit ⓘ
summitFeature grassy plateau ⓘ
summitUse occasionally used for bivouacs by climbers ⓘ
tourism popular destination for climbers ⓘ
popular destination for hikers (approach and viewpoints) ⓘ
viewFromSummit panoramic views over Vercors and Trièves ⓘ
visibleFrom Trièves region ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Vercors Massif → contains → Mont Aiguille ⓘ
Grand Veymont → summitView → Mont Aiguille ⓘ
Clelles → locatedNear → Mont Aiguille ⓘ
Chichilianne → locatedAtFootOf → Mont Aiguille ⓘ
Mont Inaccessible → historicalNameOf → Mont Aiguille ⓘ
Mont Inaccessible → laterRenamedAs → Mont Aiguille ⓘ
Antoine de Ville → ledExpeditionTo → Mont Aiguille ⓘ