INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the highest peak in the India?
A
mount Everest
B
Kanchenjunga mountain
C
mount Godwin Austen
D
mount Kilimanjaro
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mount K2 (8611 meters), located in Jammu and Kashmir, also known as Godwin-Austen is the highest peak in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Godwin-Austen Glacier is a glacier in the Karakoram range and is close to K2, the highest mountain peak in Pakistan and second highest on Earth, in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan.

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