K2

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

seconda montagna più alta della Terra

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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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Key facts

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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Article · Italiano

Il K2 (pron. /kappaˈdue/), abbreviazione di Karakorum 2, conosciuto anche come Monte Godwin-Austen, ChogoRi (lingua balti) o Dapsang, è con i suoi 8 609 metri di altitudine s.l.m. la seconda vetta più alta della Terra dopo l'Everest, situato nella subcatena del Karakorum, al confine tra la parte del Kashmir controllata dal Pakistan e la Provincia Autonoma Tagica di Tashkurgan di Xinjiang, Cina.

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