Map including K2 (labelled as K2 (MOUNT GODWIN AUSTEN) in upper left corner of map) (AMS, 1953) Virtual flight around K2. K2 lies in the northwestern Karakoram Range. It is located in the Baltistan region of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of …

The Godwin-Austen Glacier is a glacier in the Karakoram range and is close to K2, the second highest mountain peak in the world, situated in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.

K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) The world's second tallest peak is commonly known as K2, and is actually hundreds of miles north of Mount Everest. It is also known as Mount Godwin Austen and Dapsang. Locally known by the name of “Chogo Ri,” which means "The Great Mountain," K-2 is located in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya in Northern Kashmir ...

The name Mount Godwin Austen is for the peak’s first surveyor, Col. H.H. Godwin Austen, a 19th-century English geographer. The first attempt to reach the summit was made by an Anglo-Swiss expedition in 1902 that ascended to 18,600 feet (5,670 metres) on the peak’s northeastern crest.

Jun 25, 2024 · Why is K2 called Godwin Austen? The peak was named K2 because it was the second peak measured in the Karakoram Range. It is also known as Mount Godwin Austen, named after Colonel H.H. Godwin Austen, who was the first surveyor of the peak.

The Earth’s second highest mountain, after Mount Everest, is K2, also known as Mount Godwin Austen and as Dapsang. The peak, 28,238 feet (8,607 meters) high, is in the Karakoram Range of northern Jammu and Kashmir, near the border of Pakistan and China.

Known as ‘Killing Peak’, K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) is the second-highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest. The K2 mountain facts given below present some interesting details. Stay Away, it’s Winter! Mount K2 is never climbed in the winter season.

K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori, is the second-highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) above sea level. It is located on the border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang in northwestern China.

Karakorum's main range has some of the world's highest peaks, including K2 called Mt. Godwin-Austen, the second highest peak in the world. Karakorum also has several of the world's largest glaciers. Its southern slopes are the watershed for many tributaries of the Indus River.

It is the second-highest peak in the world, standing tall at 28,251 feet, and is considered one of the toughest mountains to climb. K2 is also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, named after two British surveyors who first measured the peak in 1856.