K2

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • mountain on the border between Pakistan (country) and Tajik autonomous county, Taxkorgan prefecture, Kashgar Uyghur autonomous region, Xinjiang China (country) the world’s second highest mountain, located in the Ladakh Karakorams

Related

Similar words

  • Dapsang
  • Mount Godwin-Austen

Origin

  • Thomas Montgomerie designated the mountain K2 in 1856 for being the second peak of the Karakoram range.

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