Mountain Measurement | MCQs

Explanation

K2, at 8,611 metres above sea level

It is the second highest mountain in the world.

Mount Everest at 8,848 metres.

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

K2 mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

Godwin Austen was an English topographer (surveyor)