K2

Also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, Chhogori, Mount K2, Dapsang, Mt. Qogir

Berg im Karakorum

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K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, is the second-highest mountain on Earth after Mount Everest, located in the Karakoram range on the border between Pakistan-administered Kashmir and China-administered Xinjiang. It matters as one of the world's most significant peaks and a major landmark in a geographically and geopolitically important region.

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Mountain.fetchwikidata: ALL
Mountain.name: K2
Mountain.elevation_m: 8611
Mountain.parent: Karakoram
Mountain.map: China Xinjiang Southern#Gilgit Baltistan
Mountain.map_caption: Location of K2 relative to Xinjiang and Gilgit−Baltistan
Mountain.label_position: right
Mountain.country: Pakistan-administered Kashmir China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract
Mountain.first_ascent: Achille Compagnoni & Lino Lacedelli Nepalese team (winter)
Mountain.easiest_route: Abruzzi Spur
Mountain.mapframe: no
Mountain.listing: Eight-thousanderSeven Second SummitsUltra
Mountain.etymology: Second peak measured in the Karakoram Range by the Survey of India, hence "K2" "Mount Godwin-Austen" derives from Henry Godwin-Austen, who first surveyed the peak

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: mountain
Part of: ultra-prominent peak
Named after: Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
Country: Pakistan
Located in: Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County
Elevation: 8611
Image: K - 2 at Day Time.jpg

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category for people who died here: Category:Deaths on K2
peak bagging classification: eight-thousander
topographic prominence: 4020
topographic isolation: 1316
Commons gallery: K2
mountain range: Baltoro Muztagh
Commons category: K2
topic's main category: Category:K2
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Der K2 (in China offiziell: Qogir, chinesisch 乔戈里峰, Pinyin Qiáogēlǐ Fēng) ist mit 8611 m der höchste Berg im Karakorum und nach dem Mount Everest der zweithöchste Berg der Erde. Der K2 gilt unter Bergsteigern als weit anspruchsvoller als der Mount Everest, wenn nicht sogar als der schwierigste aller vierzehn Achttausender. Gründe dafür sind die durchgehend steile Route, die höhere Lawinengefahr und schlechte Rückzugsmöglichkeiten bei Wetterwechseln. Als zweithöchster Berg Asiens zählt er zu den Seven Second Summits.

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