2nd Highest Mountain on Earth
The world's 2nd highest mountain is K2 which is also known as Godwin Austen. Why K2 is known as Godwin Austen? K2 was also named Godwin Austen because the person who surveyed this peak for the first time was Col. H.H Godwin Austen an English geographer. Height of K2: K2 is Pakistan's highest mountain the elevation is (28,251 feet[8,611 meters]) Why is k2 mountain called K2? K2 mountain is called k2 because it is found in the Karakoram range on the border of Pakistan and China, when they did the survey they gave all the mountains K number. First successful ascent of k2: In July 1954, two Italian climbers Achille Compagoni and Lino Lacedelli Challenges to face: Mountaineers face landslips, ...