K2, the world’s second highest peak (28,251 feet [8,611 metres]), second only to Mount Everest. K2 is located in the Karakoram Range and lies partly in a Chinese-administered enclave of the Kashmir region within the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China, and partly in the Gilgit-Baltistan portion of Kashmir under the administration of ...

K2's height given on maps and encyclopedias is 8,611 metres (28,251 ft). In the summer of 2014, a Pakistani-Italian expedition to K2, named "K2 60 Years Later", was organized to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of K2.

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Photographs and climbing information on the 8000 metre Mount K2 in the Karakoram Region of Pakistan

Click on a map to view its topography, its elevation and its terrain. Average elevation: 24,521 ft • K2, Shigar Tehsil, Shigar District, Baltistan Division, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan • K2 is the only 8,000+ metre peak that has never been climbed from its eastern face.

Chogori (K2 Mountain) is the second highest mountain peak in the world, and the first in terms of mortality. Today it is no less famous peak than Everest. The height of Chogori is 8,611 meters above sea level, which is only 237 meters below Everest.

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, with a peak rising 28,251 feet (8611m) above sea level. Situated on the border of Pakistan and China, it is commonly known as the ‘Savage Mountain’ due to its difficult ascent and high fatality rate.

Jul 12, 2018 · K2 (a.k.a. Chhoghori, Qogir, Ketu, or Godwin-Austen) is a peak that sits at 28,251 feet along the Pakistan-China border in the Karakoram Mountain Range.

K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Balti...