Everest South-West Face
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Everest South-West Face is a notoriously steep and technically challenging route on Mount Everest, famed for its extreme difficulty and historic ascents by elite mountaineers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Everest South-West Face canonical | 3 |
| Everest Southwest Face | 1 |
| Mount Everest Southwest Face | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11804272 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Everest South-West Face Context triple: [Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, climbed, Everest South-West Face]
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Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face is a legendary and notoriously challenging alpine wall in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, famed among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic vertical rise.
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B.
Matterhorn north face
The Matterhorn north face is the steep, imposing side of the iconic Alpine peak that towers above the Swiss village of Zermatt and is renowned among climbers for its difficulty and dramatic appearance.
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C.
Watzmann East Face
Watzmann East Face is a towering, notoriously steep rock wall in the Bavarian Alps, famed as one of the highest and most challenging alpine faces in Germany.
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D.
South Face of Annapurna
The South Face of Annapurna is a notoriously steep and dangerous Himalayan wall, famed as one of high-altitude mountaineering’s most formidable and historic big-wall challenges.
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E.
Grandes Jorasses north face
The Grandes Jorasses north face is a legendary, extremely steep alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned as one of the most challenging and iconic north faces in the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Everest South-West Face Target entity description: Everest South-West Face is a notoriously steep and technically challenging route on Mount Everest, famed for its extreme difficulty and historic ascents by elite mountaineers.
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A.
Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face is a legendary and notoriously challenging alpine wall in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, famed among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic vertical rise.
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B.
Matterhorn north face
The Matterhorn north face is the steep, imposing side of the iconic Alpine peak that towers above the Swiss village of Zermatt and is renowned among climbers for its difficulty and dramatic appearance.
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C.
Watzmann East Face
Watzmann East Face is a towering, notoriously steep rock wall in the Bavarian Alps, famed as one of the highest and most challenging alpine faces in Germany.
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D.
South Face of Annapurna
The South Face of Annapurna is a notoriously steep and dangerous Himalayan wall, famed as one of high-altitude mountaineering’s most formidable and historic big-wall challenges.
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E.
Grandes Jorasses north face
The Grandes Jorasses north face is a legendary, extremely steep alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned as one of the most challenging and iconic north faces in the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Everest route
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mountain climbing route ⓘ |
| altitudeEffect | very high altitude ⓘ |
| approachFrom |
Khumbu region
ⓘ
linked to:
Khumbu Valley
|
| climbingType |
high-altitude mountaineering
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ice climbing ⓘ mixed climbing ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| difficulty | extremely high ⓘ |
| firstAscentBy | Chris Bonington-led British expedition ⓘ |
| firstAscentStyle | siege style ⓘ |
| firstAscentYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex route finding
ⓘ
large rock bands ⓘ steep ice fields ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
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extreme cold ⓘ rockfall ⓘ seracs ⓘ severe storms ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme technical difficulty
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high objective danger ⓘ historic ascents ⓘ serious commitment required ⓘ steep terrain ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Himalayas
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Mahalangur Himal ⓘ Nepal ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mount Everest ⓘ |
| mountain | Mount Everest ⓘ |
| notableClimber |
Doug Scott
ⓘ
Dougal Haston ⓘ Jerzy Kukuczka ⓘ Joe Tasker ⓘ Peter Boardman ⓘ Reinhold Messner ⓘ Wojciech Kurtyka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic objective for elite alpinists
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pioneering big-wall style at extreme altitude ⓘ |
| orientation | south-west face ⓘ |
| partOf | south side routes of Mount Everest ⓘ |
| prominenceIn | history of Himalayan mountaineering ⓘ |
| requires |
advanced technical climbing ability
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elite mountaineering skills ⓘ high level of acclimatization ⓘ |
| status |
one of the most difficult routes on Mount Everest
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rarely climbed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Everest South-West Face Description of subject: Everest South-West Face is a notoriously steep and technically challenging route on Mount Everest, famed for its extreme difficulty and historic ascents by elite mountaineers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Everest South-West Face
linked to: Everest South-West Face