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

K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, at above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at . It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang.

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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