Mountain Peak | MCQs

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Mount Sikaram is a mountain on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.

In the south of the Kabul River and Khyber Pass.

At 4,755 m (15,600 ft).

It is the highest peak of the Spīn Ghar, or Safēd Kōh, mountain range.

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• The second-highest mountain peak in the world, Godwin-Austen (also known as K2), is located in Pakistan.
• K2 is ranked as the second-highest mountain peak in the world at an elevation of 28,251 feet.
• K2 is part of the Karakoram range.
• K2 is partially located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered.

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K2 stands at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) above sea level.

The mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

Godwin Austen was an English topographer (surveyor) who made significant contributions to the mapping of the region.

K2 is also known as Mount Godwin-Austen in honor of Henry Godwin-Austen, an early explorer of the Karakoram range.

K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world, following Mount Everest.

K2 is situated on the China–Pakistan border.

It is part of the Karakoram range and extends into the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.

Among the five highest mountains on Earth, K2 is regarded as the deadliest due to its challenging climbing conditions and high fatality rates.

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Rakaposhi, is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan.

It is situated in the Nagar Valley approximately 100 km north of the city of Gilgit in the Gilgit District of the Gilgit–Baltistan province of Pakistan.

Rakaposhi means "Snow Covered" in the local language

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List of 8000 + mountains in Pakistan

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Rakaposhi  is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan.

Its front side is situated in the Bagrote valley, Nagar valley and danyor, approximately 100 km  north of the city of Gilgit.

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The Kirthar Mountains are a mountain range that mark the boundary between the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh and which comprise much of the Kirthar National Park. 

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