Eiger North Face
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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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eiger north face | 16 |
| Eiger North Face canonical | 2 |
| Eiger Nordwand | 1 |
| Eiger north face routes | 1 |
| Eiger north wall complex | 1 |
| Eiger wall | 1 |
| EigerNorthFace | 1 |
| HeckmairRouteOnEigerNorthFace | 1 |
| north face of the Eiger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4152236 — 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: Eiger North Face Context triple: [Grindelwald, hasViewOf, Eiger North Face]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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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.
Aiguille de Bionnassay north face
The Aiguille de Bionnassay north face is a steep, glaciated alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging ice and mixed climbing routes.
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E.
East Face of Monte Rosa
The East Face of Monte Rosa is a towering, glaciated mountain wall in the Pennine Alps, renowned for its dramatic vertical relief and challenging alpine climbing routes.
- 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: Eiger North Face Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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.
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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.
Aiguille de Bionnassay north face
The Aiguille de Bionnassay north face is a steep, glaciated alpine wall in the Mont Blanc massif, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging ice and mixed climbing routes.
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E.
East Face of Monte Rosa
The East Face of Monte Rosa is a towering, glaciated mountain wall in the Pennine Alps, renowned for its dramatic vertical relief and challenging alpine climbing routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alpine climbing route
ⓘ
mountain face ⓘ north face ⓘ |
| accessVia |
Jungfraubahn railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Jungfrau Railway
|
| associatedWith |
Grandes Jorasses North Face
ⓘ
linked to:
Grandes Jorasses north face
Matterhorn North Face ⓘ
linked to:
Matterhorn north face
|
| baseElevationApprox | about 1600 metres ⓘ |
| climbingSeason |
early autumn
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| climbingType |
alpine climbing
ⓘ
ice climbing sections ⓘ mixed climbing ⓘ |
| difficultyGrade | ED ⓘ |
| difficultySystem |
Alpine grading system
ⓘ
linked to:
UIAA climbing grade system
|
| firstAscentBy |
Anderl Heckmair
ⓘ
Fritz Kasparek ⓘ Heinrich Harrer ⓘ Ludwig Vörg ⓘ |
| firstAscentDate | 1938-07-24 ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
ⓘ
extreme cold ⓘ icefall ⓘ rockfall ⓘ sudden storms ⓘ |
| height |
about 1800 metres
ⓘ
about 5900 feet ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture |
subject of books
ⓘ
subject of documentaries ⓘ subject of films ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cold and storms
ⓘ
extreme difficulty ⓘ high rockfall risk ⓘ historical climbing attempts ⓘ legendary status in alpinism ⓘ objective danger ⓘ |
| lengthOfStandardRoute | about 1800 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bernese Alps
ⓘ
Bernese Oberland ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Eiger ⓘ |
| name |
Eiger Nordwand
ⓘ
linked to:
Eiger North Face
|
| nearbySettlement |
Grindelwald
ⓘ
Wengen ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Brittle Crack
ⓘ
Ramp ⓘ Second Icefield ⓘ Traverse of the Gods ⓘ White Spider ⓘ |
| orientation | north ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Grindelwald
ⓘ
Lauterbrunnen Valley ⓘ |
| partOf | Alps ⓘ |
| partOfClimbingTrilogy | Alps north faces trilogy ⓘ |
| rockType | limestone ⓘ |
| standardRoute | Heckmair Route ⓘ |
| summitElevation | 3970 metres ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Kleine Scheidegg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eiger North Face Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (25)
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Eigerwand station (closed)
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Eigerwand station (closed)
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