PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
THE HIMALAYAN RANGE
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Kanchenjunga
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None of these
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Mt. Everest
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Nanda Devi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Karakoram Range: K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) 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-2: -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-3: -It’s called K2 because it’s found in the Karakoram Range to the northeast of the Himalayas on the border of today’s Pakistan and China. When they were doing the original survey, they gave all of the mountains K numbers.
Detailed explanation-4: -K2 is India’s highest mountain peak. It is located in the Trans Himalayas. Its height is 8611 meters. K2 is also known as Mount Godwin Austen. It is also the world’s second highest peak.