Ranked 2nd
Prominence 4,020 m (13,190 ft) [1]
Ranked 22nd
Isolation 1,316 kilometres (818 mi)
Listing Eight-thousander
Country high point
Seven Second Summits
Ultra
Coordinates 35°52′57″N 76°30′48″ECoordinates: 35°52′57″N 76°30′48″E [2]
For the mountain in Alberta, see Mount K2 (Alberta). For other uses, see K2 (disambiguation).
K2
Mount Godwin-Austen
Naming
Native name چھوغوری
Geography
K2 is located in Tibetan Plateau
K2
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Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan
Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China
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Parent range Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent 31 July 1954
Achille Compagnoni
Lino Lacedelli
Easiest route Abruzzi Spur
K2 (Urdu: کے ٹو ), also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti and Urdu: چھوغوری),[3] is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level. It is located on the China-Pakistan border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China.[4] K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang.