Name : K2

Other name/spelling:
Mount Godwin-Austen,
Chogori, K-2, K2, K-II

Elevation: 28,250ft (8611m)

Location:
Karakoram
Pakistan-China

Importance:
2nd Highest mountain in the world.

Climbing Route:
Major Mountain Expedition

Attraction/Highlight:
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K2 is a rocky mountain up to 6,000m, beyond which it becomes an ocean of snow. The traditional route to K2 base camp goes from Skardu, which is linked with Islamabad by a good road. From Skardu the route goes via Shigar-Dassu-Askole up to Concordia over the Baltoro glacier.

K2 was firstly discovered and measured by the Survey of India in 1856, and first named for English topographer Henry Godwin - Austen, who explored and surveyed the region.

K2 is taken from the first letter of Karakoram, and the number indicates that it was the second peak in the range to be measured. K2 was firstly climbed on July,31 1954 by Italian climbers team lead by Ardito Desio and accompanying him were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. A March 1987 measurement of K2 indicated that it might be higher than Everest, but later that year, Everest was re-measured by a similar method and found to indeed be 778 ft (237m) taller.