Camp III on the Lhotse Face

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high-altitude mountaineering camp

Camp III on the Lhotse Face is a high-altitude staging camp on Mount Everest’s steep western flank, used by climbers as a critical acclimatization and launch point on the standard South Col route to the summit.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Camp III (Lhotse Face, Mount Everest)	2
Camp III on the Lhotse Face canonical	2
Camp III (Everest Northeast Ridge)	1
Camp III (South Col route, Mount Everest)	1
Camp III on Lhotse Face	1
Camp III on Mount Everest South Col route	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5875134 — 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: Camp III on the Lhotse Face
Context triple: [South Col, accessedFrom, Camp III on the Lhotse Face]

A. 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.
B. Everest the Hard Way
Everest the Hard Way is a mountaineering book by British climber Chris Bonington that chronicles the 1975 British expedition’s pioneering ascent of Everest’s formidable Southwest Face.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Camp III on the Lhotse Face
Target entity description: Camp III on the Lhotse Face is a high-altitude staging camp on Mount Everest’s steep western flank, used by climbers as a critical acclimatization and launch point on the standard South Col route to the summit.

A. 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.
B. Everest the Hard Way
Everest the Hard Way is a mountaineering book by British climber Chris Bonington that chronicles the 1975 British expedition’s pioneering ascent of Everest’s formidable Southwest Face.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-altitude mountaineering camp ⓘ
accessedBy	fixed ropes on the Lhotse Face ⓘ
accessedFrom	Camp II in the Western Cwm ⓘ
altitudeZone	extreme altitude zone above 7000 metres ⓘ
associatedWith	standard Lhotse summit route ⓘ standard South Col route to Everest summit ⓘ
characterizedBy	high exposure to wind ⓘ risk of rock and ice fall ⓘ steep angle of surrounding slopes ⓘ thin air and low oxygen levels ⓘ
climate	extreme cold ⓘ rapidly changing weather ⓘ strong winds ⓘ
functionInClimb	intermediate camp between lower camps and high camp ⓘ place to sleep on supplemental oxygen for some expeditions ⓘ
hazards	avalanches from Lhotse Face ⓘ crevasses in surrounding glacier ⓘ severe frostbite risk ⓘ
infrastructure	fixed rope lines passing through camp ⓘ tents anchored in ice and snow ⓘ
locatedIn	Himalayas ⓘ Mahalangur Himal ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Province No. 1, Nepal ⓘ Solukhumbu District ⓘ
locatedOn	Lhotse Face ⓘ Mount Everest ⓘ
partOfRoute	South Col route on Mount Everest ⓘ linked to: Southeast Ridge route on Mount Everest
positionRelativeToOtherCamps	above Camp II in the Western Cwm ⓘ below Camp IV on the South Col ⓘ
requiresEquipment	ascenders for fixed ropes ⓘ crampons ⓘ ice axe ⓘ
riskLevel	high-altitude objective hazards ⓘ increased risk of altitude sickness ⓘ
seasonalUse	occasionally used during post-monsoon autumn season ⓘ primarily used during pre-monsoon spring climbing season ⓘ
supportProvidedBy	high-altitude Sherpa climbers ⓘ
terrainType	exposed snow and ice ledges ⓘ steep glaciated ice slope ⓘ
typicalElevation	approximately 24,000 feet above sea level ⓘ approximately 7300 metres above sea level ⓘ
usedBy	Everest climbers ⓘ Lhotse climbers ⓘ
usedFor	acclimatization ⓘ overnight high-altitude bivouac ⓘ staging point for summit attempt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited