south face of Mount Everest
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The south face of Mount Everest is the towering, sheer Himalayan wall on the Nepal side of the mountain, famed for its dramatic ice cliffs and as a dominant vista along the Everest Base Camp trek.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nepal side of Mount Everest | 1 |
| South Face of Everest | 1 |
| south face of Mount Everest canonical | 1 |
| south side of Mount Everest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9921736 — 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: south face of Mount Everest Context triple: [Everest Base Camp trek, notableView, south face of Mount Everest]
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A.
north face of Mount Everest
The north face of Mount Everest is the steep, remote Tibetan side of the world’s highest mountain, known for its extreme climbing routes and historic early British expeditions.
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B.
Lhotse Face
Lhotse Face is a steep, glaciated wall of ice and rock on the western flank of Lhotse that forms a key and notoriously challenging section of the standard climbing route to the summit of Mount Everest.
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C.
Southeast Ridge of Mount Everest
The Southeast Ridge of Mount Everest is the classic high-altitude ridgeline leading from the South Col to the summit, forming the final and most famous section of the standard climbing route on the mountain’s south side.
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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.
south face of Denali
The south face of Denali is a massive, steep alpine wall on North America’s highest peak, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging and committing 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: south face of Mount Everest Target entity description: The south face of Mount Everest is the towering, sheer Himalayan wall on the Nepal side of the mountain, famed for its dramatic ice cliffs and as a dominant vista along the Everest Base Camp trek.
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A.
north face of Mount Everest
The north face of Mount Everest is the steep, remote Tibetan side of the world’s highest mountain, known for its extreme climbing routes and historic early British expeditions.
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B.
Lhotse Face
Lhotse Face is a steep, glaciated wall of ice and rock on the western flank of Lhotse that forms a key and notoriously challenging section of the standard climbing route to the summit of Mount Everest.
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C.
Southeast Ridge of Mount Everest
The Southeast Ridge of Mount Everest is the classic high-altitude ridgeline leading from the South Col to the summit, forming the final and most famous section of the standard climbing route on the mountain’s south side.
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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.
south face of Denali
The south face of Denali is a massive, steep alpine wall on North America’s highest peak, renowned among mountaineers for its challenging and committing climbing routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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mountain face ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
dramatic ice cliffs
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frequent avalanches ⓘ large hanging glaciers ⓘ mixed rock and ice terrain ⓘ seracs ⓘ steep rock walls ⓘ |
| climate | high-altitude alpine ⓘ |
| climateFeature |
extreme cold temperatures
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rapidly changing weather ⓘ strong winds ⓘ |
| climbingStatus | rarely climbed compared to standard routes on other faces ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| ecosystem | high-altitude nival zone ⓘ |
| elevationContext | forms part of the highest mountain on Earth ⓘ |
| geology | sedimentary and metamorphic rocks typical of Everest massif ⓘ |
| hazard |
avalanches
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icefall collapse ⓘ rockfall ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic visual prominence along trekking routes
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extreme technical difficulty for climbers ⓘ high objective danger ⓘ towering Himalayan wall appearance ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Himalayas
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Nepal ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern side of Mount Everest ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Mahalangur Himal ⓘ |
| orientation | south ⓘ |
| partOf |
Everest massif
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Mount Everest ⓘ |
| partOfView | dominant vista along the Everest Base Camp trek ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Sagarmatha National Park ⓘ |
| region | Khumbu ⓘ |
| relativeProminence | one of the most imposing mountain walls in the Himalayas ⓘ |
| relativeTo | faces the Khumbu region of Nepal ⓘ |
| snowCover | permanent snow and ice ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Himalayan climbing literature
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mountaineering photography ⓘ |
| tourismRole | major scenic attraction for trekkers in Nepal ⓘ |
| viewedAs | iconic Himalayan landscape feature ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Everest Base Camp trek
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Kala Patthar area ⓘ
linked to:
Khumbu Valley
Khumbu Valley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: south face of Mount Everest Description of subject: The south face of Mount Everest is the towering, sheer Himalayan wall on the Nepal side of the mountain, famed for its dramatic ice cliffs and as a dominant vista along the Everest Base Camp trek.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: south face of Mount Everest