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K2 mountain was first discovered and measured by the Survey of India in 1856 , and first named for English topographer Henry Godwin - Austen K2 is also referred to as Mount Godwin-Austen in honor of Henry Godwin-Austen , an early explorer of the region. *** K-2 is also known as Godwin Austin K2 height in feet 28,251 K2 height in meters 8,611 meters the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest It is located on China–Pakistan border It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest In 1977 , Ashraf Aman became the first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2. ** ND13-1-2023
