INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -At 8, 611 m (28, 251 ft) K2 is the tallest mountain in the region, and three others within 20 km top 8, 000 m. The Karakoram and the Himalaya are important to Earth scientists for several reasons.

Detailed explanation-2: -The average height of the main ridge is 6, 500 m, and the main peak of the Karakorums is K2, which is the second highest peak in the world with an altitude of 8, 611 m. There are four mountain peaks of more than 8, 000 m and 29 mountain peaks of more than 7, 000 m in this area.

Detailed explanation-3: -The name K2 is derived from notation used by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India. Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Haramukh, some 210 km (130 mi) to the south, and sketched the two most prominent peaks, labelling them K1 and K2, where the K stands for Karakoram.

Detailed explanation-4: -K2 (also known as Chhogori/Qogir, Ketu/Kechu, and Mount Godwin-Austen) is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is located on Pakistan administered. K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram Range and the highest point in Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-5: -K2 is located in the Karakoram Range and lies partly in a Chinese-administered enclave of the Kashmir region within the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China, and partly in the Gilgit-Baltistan portion of Kashmir under the administration of Pakistan.