GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Earth’s second highest mountain, after Mount Everest, is K2, also known as Mount Godwin Austen and as Dapsang. The peak, 28, 238 feet (8, 607 meters) high, is in the Karakoram Range of northern Jammu and Kashmir, near the border of Pakistan and China.

Detailed explanation-2: -K2, Chinese Qogir Feng, also called Mount Godwin Austen, called locally Dapsang or Chogori, the world’s second highest peak (28, 251 feet [8, 611 metres]), second only to Mount Everest.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mount K2 (8611 meters), located in Jammu and Kashmir, also known as Godwin-Austen is the highest peak in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Godwin-Austen Glacier is a glacier in the Karakoram range and is close to K2, the second tallest peak on Earth, in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the highest mountain peak in Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the jurisdiction of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is controlled by Pakistan. Its highest peak (and world’s second-highest), K2, is located in Gilgit-Baltistan.