1996 Mount Everest disaster

events of 10–11 May 1996, when eight people were caught in a blizzard and died on Mount Everest during attempts to reach the summit
Event mountaineering_accident Q1517252
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1996 Mount Everest disaster

Summary

1996 Mount Everest disaster is a mountaineering accident[1]. It draws 4,724 Wikipedia views per month (mountaineering_accident category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster is in the country of Nepal[3].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's image is recorded as Everest Peace Project - Everest summit.jpg[4].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's instance of is recorded as mountaineering accident[5].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's location is recorded as Mount Everest[6].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's Commons category is recorded as Mount Everest[7].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's point in time is recorded as +1996-05-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.988055555555558, 'lon': 86.92500000000001}[9].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rh7lz[10].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's has cause is recorded as blizzard[11].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[12].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's number of missing is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[13].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's number of casualties is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[14].
  • 1996 Mount Everest disaster's Quora topic ID is recorded as 1996-Mount-Everest-Disaster[15].

Why It Matters

1996 Mount Everest disaster draws 4,724 Wikipedia views per month (mountaineering_accident category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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