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Castor

mountain in the Pennine Alps
Mountain mountain Q30446
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Summary

Castor is a mountain[1]. Castor ranks in the top 2% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (362 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Valais[3], Aosta Valley[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5], Italy[6]
  • Named after: Castor[7]
  • Part of: Italy–Switzerland border[8]
  • Commons category: Castor and Pollux peaks[9]
  • Official name: Castor[10]
  • Elevation above sea level: 4225 m[11]
  • Topographic isolation: 2.4 km[12]
  • Topographic prominence: 156 m[13]
  • Parent peak: Dufourspitze[14]
  • Mountain range: Pennine Alps[15]
  • P14976: E08B0207-6E89-4C97-A987-5510B981E268[16]

Why It Matters

Castor has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Castor is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Italy Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14976 → E08B0207-6E89-4C97-A987-5510B981E268
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14976: E08B0207-6E89-4C97-A987-5510B981E268, swissNAMES3D ID from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 12d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Castor'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||it */ source for position, names in other languages (it alias), official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|s"
  3. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent peak → Dufourspitze
    Named after → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4225'}
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Mountain", "Castor"]
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Mountain", "Castor"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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