K-2 | MCQs

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Mount K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth.

It is part of the Karakorum Range.

It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.

K2, at 8,611 meters above sea level.

K-2 is Also Known As Godwin Austin.

'K' standing for Karakoram.

K2 mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

Additional information:

The first highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest.

It is located in Nepal.

The new height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86m (29,032 feet).

Mount Everest was named after George Everest in 1856.

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K2 height in meters 8,611 meters

K2 also called Mount Godwin Austen, called locally Dapsang or Chogori,

The world's second-highest peak

K2 height in feet 28,251

 K2 second only to Mount Everest.

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Hight of Mount Everest is 8848 meters

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K-2 is Also Known As Godwin Austin

K2 mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

Godwin Austen was an English topographer (surveyor) 

'K' standing for Karakoram.

Mount K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth.

 after the world's highest peak Mount Everest.

Mount K2 is part of the Karakorum Range located on the border of Pakistan and China.

K2 height 8,611 meters

It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.

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Explanation

• K2 is part of the Karakoram Range.
• It is located on the border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan.
• K-2 is also known as Godwin Austin.
• 'K' standing for Karakoram.
• Mount K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth.
• Mount K2 is located on the border of Pakistan and China.
• The height of K2 is 8,611 meters.

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• Ashraf Aman, a mountaineer, adventurer, and engineer.
• He became the first Pakistani to summit K2 in 1977.
• He received the Pride of Performance Award in 1982.
• Pakistani climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara went missing on K2 with two foreign climbers on 5 February 2021.
• Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb K2 in July 2022.

Explanation

K2 mountain was first discovered and measured by the Survey of India in 1856, and first named for English topographer Henry Godwin - Austen

K2 is also referred to as Mount Godwin-Austen in honor of Henry Godwin-Austen, an early explorer of the region.

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K-2 is also known as Godwin Austin

K2 height in feet 28,251

K2 height in meters 8,611 meters

the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest

It is located on China–Pakistan border

It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan

Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest

In 1977, Ashraf Aman became the first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2.

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First Pakistani female biker Samar Khan reaches K2 base camp on cycle

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Explanation

K-2 is named so because it was the second peak measured in the Karakoram Range.

It is the second-highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest.

It is also known as "Chogori."