Ice Tower

E281571

Ice Tower is the English meaning of the name "Muztagh Tower," a striking and notoriously difficult peak in the Karakoram range of the Himalayas.

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Label Occurrences
Ice Tower canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climbing destination ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
peak ⓘ
alternateName Ice Tower ⓘ
climbingSeason summer ⓘ
climbingType high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ
mixed ice and rock climbing ⓘ
technical rock climbing ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryClaim Pakistan-administered territory ⓘ
difficultyRating very difficult ⓘ
elevation 23902 ft ⓘ
7284 m ⓘ
firstAscentBy Ian McNaught-Davis ⓘ
Joe Brown ⓘ
John Hartog ⓘ
Tom Patey ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1956-07-06 ⓘ
firstAscentExpedition British team 1956 ⓘ
firstAscentRoute West Ridge ⓘ
hasReputation one of the most challenging peaks in the Karakoram ⓘ
hazard avalanches ⓘ
rockfall ⓘ
severe weather ⓘ
knownFor steep faces ⓘ
striking appearance ⓘ
technical difficulty ⓘ
languageOfName Turkic ⓘ
listedIn notable peaks of the Karakoram ⓘ
locatedIn Baltoro Muztagh ⓘ
locatedInCountry Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram ⓘ
locatedInRegion Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
nameComponentMeaning "Muz" means ice or snow ⓘ
"Tagh" means mountain ⓘ
nameMeaning Ice Tower ⓘ
nearGlacier Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
nearPass Concordia ⓘ
notableFeature sharp, tower-like summit ⓘ
sheer rock walls ⓘ
partOf Himalayas ⓘ
photoFamousFor 1956 photograph by Vittorio Sella ⓘ
photoPerspective appears almost unclimbable from some angles ⓘ
prominence 1710 m ⓘ
rangeSection eastern Baltoro Muztagh ⓘ
linked to: Baltoro Muztagh
relativeLocation between the Baltoro and Sarpo Laggo glaciers ⓘ
summitCount very few successful ascents ⓘ

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

Muztagh Tower → nameMeaning → Ice Tower ⓘ
Muztagh Tower → alternateName → Ice Tower ⓘ
subject linked to: Ice Tower
Muztagh Tower → nameMeaning → Ice Tower ⓘ
subject linked to: Ice Tower