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id="toc-Recent_records,_attempts_and_notable_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recent_records,_attempts_and_notable_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Recent records, attempts and notable events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recent_records,_attempts_and_notable_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Winter_expeditions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Winter_expeditions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Winter expeditions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Winter_expeditions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climbing_routes_and_difficulties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climbing_routes_and_difficulties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Climbing routes and difficulties</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Climbing_routes_and_difficulties-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Climbing routes and difficulties subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Climbing_routes_and_difficulties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Abruzzi_Spur" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Abruzzi_Spur"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Abruzzi Spur</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Abruzzi_Spur-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Ridge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Ridge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>North Ridge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_Ridge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_routes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_routes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Other routes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_routes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_of_supplemental_oxygen" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_of_supplemental_oxygen"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Use of supplemental oxygen</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_of_supplemental_oxygen-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Films" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Films"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Films</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Films-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disasters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disasters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Disasters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disasters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Passes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Passes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Passes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Passes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A_2" title="جبل كي 2 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جبل كي 2" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87oqori" title="Çoqori – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çoqori" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%A8" title="কে২ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কে২" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2_Hong" title="K2 Hong – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="K2 Hong" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Чогори – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Чогори" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Чагары – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Чагары" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Чагары – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Чагары" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%872" title="के2 – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="के2" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A2" title="К2 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="К2" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A2" title="Κ2 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κ2" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%DB%B2" title="کی۲ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کی۲" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%B8%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB" title="Չոգորի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Չոգորի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A5%A8" title="के२ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="के२" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_K2" title="Gunung K2 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gunung K2" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86%E0%B3%A8" title="ಕೆ೨ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೆ೨" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%992" title="კ2 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კ2" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A-2" title="К-2 – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="К-2" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Чогори – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Чогори" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%84%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%B9" title="ເຄທູ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ເຄທູ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cogori" title="Čogori – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Čogori" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2_(pakiszt%C3%A1ni_hegycs%C3%BAcs)" title="K2 (pakisztáni hegycsúcs) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="K2 (pakisztáni hegycsúcs)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A5%A8_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF" title="के२ हिमालय – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="के२ हिमालय" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A2" title="К2 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="К2" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%862" title="കെ2 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കെ2" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A5%A8" title="के२ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="के२" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%992" title="კ2 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კ2" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%89_2" title="جبل كى 2 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جبل كى 2" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A5%A8_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="के२ हिमाल – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="के२ हिमाल" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chogori" title="Chogori – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Chogori" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%82" title="ਕੇ ਟੂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕੇ ਟੂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%92_%D9%B9%D9%88" title="کے ٹو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کے ٹو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%90%DB%B2" title="کې۲ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کې۲" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambha_Pahar" title="Lambha Pahar – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Lambha Pahar" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Чогори – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чогори" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%92_%D9%B9%D9%88" title="کے ٹو – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="کے ٹو" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AA%D9%8A_%D9%BD%D9%88" title="ڪي ٽو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڪي ٽو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2_(vrch)" title="K2 (vrch) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="K2 (vrch)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A2" title="К2 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="К2" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_K2" title="Gunung K2 – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Gunung K2" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87-2_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF" title="கே-2 கொடுமுடி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கே-2 கொடுமுடி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%872" title="కే2 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="కే2" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B9" title="เคทู – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เคทู" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A2" title="К2 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="К2" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2_Da%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="K2 Dağı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="K2 Dağı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%92_%D9%B9%D9%88" title="کے ٹو – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کے ٹو" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%89%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%82%D9%82%D9%89%D8%B3%D9%89" title="چوگىر چوققىسى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="چوگىر چوققىسى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2" title="K2 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="K2" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war 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For the Korean garment, see <a href="/wiki/Jeogori" title="Jeogori">Jeogori</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Chogori.jpg/544px-Chogori.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding: 0.2em 0em;">K2 from Broad Peak Base Camp</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;color:#000;">Highest point</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Summit" title="Summit">Elevation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8,611 m (28,251 ft)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_on_Earth" title="List of highest mountains on Earth">Ranked 2nd</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Topographic_prominence" title="Topographic prominence">Prominence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4,020 m (13,190 ft) <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains" title="Lists of mountains">Listing</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">Eight-thousander</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Seven_Second_Summits" title="Seven Second Summits">Seven Second Summits</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ultra_prominent_peak" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultra prominent peak">Ultra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=K2&params=35_52_57_N_76_30_48_E_type:mountain_scale:100000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°52′57″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°30′48″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.88250°N 76.51333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.88250; 76.51333</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-peaklist_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peaklist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;color:#000;">Naming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">Etymology</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Second peak measured in the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Karakoram Range">Karakoram Range</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Trigonometrical_Survey" title="Great Trigonometrical Survey">Survey of India</a>, hence "K2";<sup id="cite_ref-britannica.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><i>Mount Godwin-Austen</i> derives from <a href="/wiki/Henry_Haversham_Godwin-Austen" title="Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen">Henry Godwin-Austen</a>, who first surveyed the peak.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;color:#000;">Geography</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding:0.2em 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typeof="mw:File"><span title="K2"><img alt="K2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/16px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/24px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/32px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="240" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:9px"><div>K2</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of K2 relative to Xinjiang and Gilgit−Baltistan</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Southern Xinjiang</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div 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outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 162.83752565431px; left: 208.26119372111px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Rimo I, Rimo massif" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 176.83752565431px; left: 214.76119372111px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Rimo_massif" title="Rimo massif">36</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 169.83752565431px; left: 208.26119372111px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Rimo_massif" title="Rimo massif"><img alt="Rimo I, Rimo massif" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -70.824347945688px; left: -274.66212866169px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Ultar, Ultar Peak, Ultar Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -56.824347945688px; left: -268.16212866169px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Ultar" title="Ultar">35</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -63.824347945688px; left: -274.66212866169px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ultar" title="Ultar"><img alt="Ultar, Ultar Peak, Ultar Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 126.80238842576px; left: 105.14873852899px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Ghent Kangri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 131.80238842576px; left: 116.64873852899px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Ghent_Kangri" title="Ghent Kangri">34</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 133.80238842576px; left: 105.14873852899px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ghent_Kangri" title="Ghent Kangri"><img alt="Ghent Kangri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 54.700431374175px; left: -240.40905213136px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Haramosh Peak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 68.700431374175px; left: -233.90905213136px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Haramosh_Peak" title="Haramosh Peak">33</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 61.700431374175px; left: -240.40905213136px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Haramosh_Peak" title="Haramosh Peak"><img alt="Haramosh Peak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 52.273403452735px; left: 37.752385801688px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Skil Brum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 59.273403452735px; left: 39.252385801688px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Skil_Brum" title="Skil Brum">32</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 59.273403452735px; left: 37.752385801688px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Skil_Brum" title="Skil Brum"><img alt="Skil Brum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -52.658639415414px; left: -215.18583850001px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Momhil Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -45.658639415414px; left: -208.68583850001px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Momhil_Sar" title="Momhil Sar">31</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -45.658639415414px; left: -215.18583850001px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Momhil_Sar" title="Momhil Sar"><img alt="Momhil Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 94.2343014043px; left: 98.28798955272px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Sia Kangri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 100.2343014043px; left: 118.78798955272px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Sia_Kangri" title="Sia Kangri">30</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 101.2343014043px; left: 98.28798955272px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sia_Kangri" title="Sia Kangri"><img alt="Sia Kangri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 176.37834461986px; left: 145.35452907129px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="K12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 181.37834461986px; left: 156.85452907129px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/K12_(mountain)" title="K12 (mountain)">29</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 183.37834461986px; left: 145.35452907129px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/K12_(mountain)" title="K12 (mountain)"><img alt="K12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 18.44598708351px; left: 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Malubiting" title="Malubiting">28</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 25.44598708351px; left: -244.34393084566px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malubiting" title="Malubiting"><img alt="Malubiting" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 112.80720893822px; left: 155.89372768794px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Teram Kangri I" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 126.80720893822px; left: 162.39372768794px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Teram_Kangri" title="Teram Kangri">27</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 119.80720893822px; left: 155.89372768794px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Teram_Kangri" title="Teram Kangri"><img alt="Teram Kangri I" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -37.388771036599px; left: -153.69171304066px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Yukshin Gardan Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -30.388771036599px; left: -147.19171304066px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Yukshin_Gardan_Sar" title="Yukshin Gardan Sar">26</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -30.388771036599px; left: -153.69171304066px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Yukshin_Gardan_Sar" title="Yukshin Gardan Sar"><img alt="Yukshin Gardan Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -91.01688768129px; left: -296.65673317397px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Passu Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -77.01688768129px; left: -293.15673317397px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Passu_Sar" title="Passu Sar">25</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -84.01688768129px; left: -296.65673317397px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Passu_Sar" title="Passu Sar"><img alt="Passu Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -28.633354955392px; left: -175.88808292201px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Pumari Chhish" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -14.633354955392px; left: -170.38808292201px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Pumari_Chhish" title="Pumari Chhish">24</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -21.633354955392px; left: -175.88808292201px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pumari_Chhish" title="Pumari Chhish"><img alt="Pumari Chhish" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 276.27414520902px; left: 283.90849695503px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Saser Kangri III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 284.27414520902px; left: 296.40849695503px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri">23</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 283.27414520902px; left: 283.90849695503px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri"><img alt="Saser Kangri III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 285.18964042798px; left: 287.68592240652px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Saser Kangri II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 299.18964042798px; left: 294.18592240652px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri">22</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 292.18964042798px; left: 287.68592240652px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri"><img alt="Saser Kangri II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 210.64888938379px; left: 246.2976887337px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Mamostong Kangri K35" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 224.64888938379px; left: 252.7976887337px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Mamostong_Kangri" title="Mamostong Kangri">21</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 217.64888938379px; left: 246.2976887337px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mamostong_Kangri" title="Mamostong Kangri"><img alt="Mamostong Kangri K35" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 35.336587518712px; left: 62.874625945px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Skyang Kangri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 40.336587518712px; left: 78.374625945px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Skyang_Kangri" title="Skyang Kangri">20</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 42.336587518712px; left: 62.874625945px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Skyang_Kangri" title="Skyang Kangri"><img alt="Skyang Kangri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -45.835597169195px; left: -206.15597560102px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Trivor Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -31.835597169195px; left: -202.65597560102px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Trivor" title="Trivor">19</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -38.835597169195px; left: -206.15597560102px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Trivor" title="Trivor"><img alt="Trivor Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -80.353445999709px; left: -279.75729445337px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Shispare or Shispare Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -73.353445999709px; left: -272.25729445337px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Shispare" title="Shispare">18</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -73.353445999709px; left: -279.75729445337px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Shispare" title="Shispare"><img alt="Shispare or Shispare Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 105.22090705994px; left: 64.993434730702px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Chogolisa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 119.22090705994px; left: 66.493434730702px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Chogolisa" title="Chogolisa">17</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 112.22090705994px; left: 64.993434730702px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chogolisa" title="Chogolisa"><img alt="Chogolisa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 271.4347218604px; left: 278.07891248422px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Saser Kangri I, K22" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 278.4347218604px; left: 284.57891248422px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri">16</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 278.4347218604px; left: 278.07891248422px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri"><img alt="Saser Kangri I, K22" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -100.74502430241px; left: -312.34557968016px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Batura III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -93.745024302414px; left: -305.84557968016px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Batura_III" title="Batura III">15</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -93.745024302414px; left: -312.34557968016px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Batura_III" title="Batura III"><img alt="Batura III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 153.18558788492px; left: 113.72458394583px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Saltoro Kangri, K10" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 167.18558788492px; left: 120.22458394583px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Kangri" title="Saltoro Kangri">14</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 160.18558788492px; left: 113.72458394583px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Kangri" title="Saltoro Kangri"><img alt="Saltoro Kangri, K10" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -27.257928507633px; left: -145.92292910009px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Kanjut Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -13.257928507633px; left: -133.42292910009px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Kanjut_Sar" title="Kanjut Sar">13</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -20.257928507633px; left: -145.92292910009px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kanjut_Sar" title="Kanjut Sar"><img alt="Kanjut Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -98.045774086552px; left: -311.13480585877px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Batura II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -96.045774086552px; left: -313.63480585877px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Batura_II" title="Batura II">12</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -91.045774086552px; left: -311.13480585877px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Batura_II" title="Batura II"><img alt="Batura II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -13.196970924877px; left: -314.5651803469px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Rakaposhi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 0.8030290751228px; left: -308.0651803469px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Rakaposhi" title="Rakaposhi">11</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -6.1969709248772px; left: -314.5651803469px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Rakaposhi" title="Rakaposhi"><img alt="Rakaposhi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -96.037200304892px; left: -308.20893559679px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Batura Sar, Batura I" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -82.037200304892px; left: -307.70893559679px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Batura_Sar" title="Batura Sar">10</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -89.037200304892px; left: -308.20893559679px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Batura_Sar" title="Batura Sar"><img alt="Batura Sar, Batura I" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 99.44912269721px; left: 15.354068944281px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Masherbrum, K1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 113.44912269721px; left: 21.854068944281px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum">9</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 106.44912269721px; left: 15.354068944281px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum"><img alt="Masherbrum, K1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -27.320496713124px; left: -184.06039760071px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Kunyang Chhish (Kunyang Kish, Khunyang Chhish, Khinyang Chhish)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -12.320496713124px; left: -183.56039760071px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Kunyang_Chhish" title="Kunyang Chhish">8</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -20.320496713124px; left: -184.06039760071px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kunyang_Chhish" title="Kunyang Chhish"><img alt="Kunyang Chhish (Kunyang Kish, Khunyang Chhish, Khinyang Chhish)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: -54.474251968671px; left: -187.59174557688px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Distaghil Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: -51.474251968671px; left: -185.09174557688px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Distaghil_Sar" title="Distaghil Sar">7</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: -47.474251968671px; left: -187.59174557688px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Distaghil_Sar" title="Distaghil Sar"><img alt="Distaghil Sar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 72.986471135184px; left: 71.803696962957px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Gasherbrum IV, K3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 80.986471135184px; left: 69.303696962957px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV">6</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 79.986471135184px; left: 71.803696962957px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV"><img alt="Gasherbrum IV, K3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 72.68054105899px; left: 76.40434691308px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Gasherbrum III, K3a" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 76.68054105899px; left: 101.90434691308px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_III" title="Gasherbrum III">5</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 79.68054105899px; left: 76.40434691308px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_III" title="Gasherbrum III"><img alt="Gasherbrum III, K3a" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 73.12813265991px; left: 78.456505932399px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Gasherbrum II, K4" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 77.12813265991px; left: 93.956505932399px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">4</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 80.12813265991px; left: 78.456505932399px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II"><img alt="Gasherbrum II, K4" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 61.046597003851px; left: 62.420608462853px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Broad Peak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 64.046597003851px; left: 78.920608462853px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">3</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 68.046597003851px; left: 62.420608462853px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak"><img alt="Broad Peak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 80.569037763003px; left: 86.281769647746px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Gasherbrum I, K5" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/12px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/18px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Maki-mountain-15.svg/24px-Maki-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 87.569037763003px; left: 102.78176964775px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I">2</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 87.569037763003px; left: 86.281769647746px; width: 10px; height: 10px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I"><img alt="Gasherbrum I, K5" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/12px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/18px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 45.176819086391px; left: 51.037519962752px; background-color:transparent; color:inherit; transform: rotate(0deg);"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="K2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Red-mountain-15.svg/16px-Red-mountain-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Red-mountain-15.svg/24px-Red-mountain-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Red-mountain-15.svg/32px-Red-mountain-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 46.176819086391px; left: 56.537519962752px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:red"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1</a></span></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 50.176819086391px; left: 51.037519962752px; width: 14px; height: 14px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2"><img alt="K2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/16px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/24px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/32px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute;top: 9px;left: 274px"><div style="color: white; opacity:100; font-size: 19px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left;"><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" href="/wiki/Special:Map/9/35.4/77.05/en" data-zoom="9" data-lat="35.4" data-lon="77.05" data-overlays="["_4d41fca770d8c9f1d6bee3279b73a69ed678a70d"]"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Click for interactive fullscreen map with links to nearby articles"> </span></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">The major peaks in <a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> are rank identified by height.<br /> <p>Legend：<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:red">1：<a class="mw-selflink selflink">K2</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">2：<a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I">Gasherbrum I, K5</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">3：<a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">4：<a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">Gasherbrum II, K4</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">5：<a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_III" title="Gasherbrum III">Gasherbrum III, K3a</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">6：<a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV">Gasherbrum IV, K3</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">7：<a href="/wiki/Distaghil_Sar" title="Distaghil Sar">Distaghil Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">8：<a href="/wiki/Kunyang_Chhish" title="Kunyang Chhish">Kunyang Chhish</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">9：<a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum">Masherbrum, K1</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">10：<a href="/wiki/Batura_Sar" title="Batura Sar">Batura Sar, Batura I</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">11：<a href="/wiki/Rakaposhi" title="Rakaposhi">Rakaposhi</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">12：<a href="/wiki/Batura_II" title="Batura II">Batura II</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">13：<a href="/wiki/Kanjut_Sar" title="Kanjut Sar">Kanjut Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">14：<a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Kangri" title="Saltoro Kangri">Saltoro Kangri, K10</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">15：<a href="/wiki/Batura_III" title="Batura III">Batura III</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">16： <a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri">Saser Kangri I, K22</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">17：<a href="/wiki/Chogolisa" title="Chogolisa">Chogolisa</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">18：<a href="/wiki/Shispare" title="Shispare">Shispare</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">19：<a href="/wiki/Trivor" title="Trivor">Trivor Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">20：<a href="/wiki/Skyang_Kangri" title="Skyang Kangri">Skyang Kangri</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">21：<a href="/wiki/Mamostong_Kangri" title="Mamostong Kangri">Mamostong Kangri, K35</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">22：<a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri">Saser Kangri II</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">23：<a href="/wiki/Saser_Kangri" title="Saser Kangri">Saser Kangri III</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">24：<a href="/wiki/Pumari_Chhish" title="Pumari Chhish">Pumari Chhish</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">25：<a href="/wiki/Passu_Sar" title="Passu Sar">Passu Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">26：<a href="/wiki/Yukshin_Gardan_Sar" title="Yukshin Gardan Sar">Yukshin Gardan Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">27：<a href="/wiki/Teram_Kangri" title="Teram Kangri">Teram Kangri I</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">28：<a href="/wiki/Malubiting" title="Malubiting">Malubiting</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">29：<a href="/wiki/K12_(mountain)" title="K12 (mountain)">K12</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">30：<a href="/wiki/Sia_Kangri" title="Sia Kangri">Sia Kangri</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">31：<a href="/wiki/Momhil_Sar" title="Momhil Sar">Momhil Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">32：<a href="/wiki/Skil_Brum" title="Skil Brum">Skil Brum</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">33：<a href="/wiki/Haramosh_Peak" title="Haramosh Peak">Haramosh Peak</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">34：<a href="/wiki/Ghent_Kangri" title="Ghent Kangri">Ghent Kangri</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">35：<a href="/wiki/Ultar" title="Ultar">Ultar Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">36：<a href="/wiki/Rimo_massif" title="Rimo massif">Rimo massif</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">37：<a href="/wiki/Sherpi_Kangri" title="Sherpi Kangri">Sherpi Kangri</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">38：<a href="/wiki/Yazghil_Dome_South" title="Yazghil Dome South">Yazghil Dome South</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">39：<a href="/wiki/Baltoro_Kangri" title="Baltoro Kangri">Baltoro Kangri</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">40：<a href="/wiki/The_Crown_(mountain)" title="The Crown (mountain)">Crown Peak</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">41：<a href="/wiki/Baintha_Brakk" title="Baintha Brakk">Baintha Brakk</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">42：<a href="/wiki/Yutmaru_Sar" title="Yutmaru Sar">Yutmaru Sar</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">43：<a href="/wiki/K6_(mountain)" title="K6 (mountain)">K6</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">44：<a href="/wiki/Muztagh_Tower" title="Muztagh Tower">Muztagh Tower</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">45：<a href="/wiki/Diran" title="Diran">Diran</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">46：<a href="/wiki/Apsarasas_Kangri" title="Apsarasas Kangri">Apsarasas Kangri I</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">47：<a href="/wiki/Rimo_massif" title="Rimo massif">Rimo III</a></span>,  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494" /><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">48：<a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_V" title="Gasherbrum V">Gasherbrum V</a></span> </p>  <br /></div></div></div></div><div>Location of K2 relative to Xinjiang and Gilgit−Baltistan</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>-administered <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>-administered <a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_range" title="Mountain range"><span class="nowrap">Parent range</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;color:#000;">Climbing</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/First_ascent" title="First ascent">First ascent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">31 July 1954<span class="noprint">; 70 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1954-07-31</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Achille_Compagnoni" title="Achille Compagnoni">Achille Compagnoni</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lino_Lacedelli" title="Lino Lacedelli">Lino Lacedelli</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Normal_route" title="Normal route"><span class="nowrap">Easiest route</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Abruzzi_Spur">Abruzzi Spur</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>K2</b>, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>, is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_on_Earth" title="List of highest mountains on Earth">second-highest mountain on Earth</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lies in the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram range</a>, partially in the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>-administered <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> and partially in the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>-administered <a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Taxkorgan_Tajik_Autonomous_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County">Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County</a> of <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica-K2-lead_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-K2-lead-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jan·OsmczykOsmańczyk2003_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jan·OsmczykOsmańczyk2003-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-americana-kashmir_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-americana-kashmir-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-India's_claim_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India's_claim-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>K2 became known as the <i>Savage Mountain</i> after <a href="/wiki/George_Irving_Bell" title="George Irving Bell">George Bell</a>—a climber on the <a href="/wiki/1953_American_Karakoram_expedition" title="1953 American Karakoram expedition">1953 American expedition</a>—said, "It's a savage mountain that tries to kill you."<sup id="cite_ref-seattletimes_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seattletimes-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 has long been the deadliest: prior to 2021, approximately one person had died on the mountain for every four who reached the <a href="/wiki/Summit" title="Summit">summit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-seattletimes_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seattletimes-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LessSavage_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LessSavage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After an increase in successful attempts, as of August 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K2&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, an estimated 800 people have summited K2, with <a href="/wiki/List_of_deaths_on_eight-thousanders#K2" title="List of deaths on eight-thousanders">96 deaths during attempted climbs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LessSavage_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LessSavage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also occasionally known as <b>Mount Godwin-Austen</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-britannica.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> other nicknames for K2 are <i>The King of Mountains</i> and <i>The Mountaineers' Mountain</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-basecampmag_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basecampmag-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <i>The Mountain of Mountains</i> after prominent <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italian</a> climber <a href="/wiki/Reinhold_Messner" title="Reinhold Messner">Reinhold Messner</a> titled his book about K2 the same.<sup id="cite_ref-goodreadss_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goodreadss-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the summit of Everest is at a higher altitude, K2 is a more difficult and dangerous climb. This is due in part to its more northern location, where inclement weather is more common.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The summit was reached for the first time by the Italian climbers <a href="/wiki/Lino_Lacedelli" title="Lino Lacedelli">Lino Lacedelli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Achille_Compagnoni" title="Achille Compagnoni">Achille Compagnoni</a> on a <a href="/wiki/1954_Italian_expedition_to_K2" title="1954 Italian expedition to K2">1954 Italian expedition</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Ardito_Desio" title="Ardito Desio">Ardito Desio</a>. </p><p>Most ascents are made during July and August, typically the warmest times of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2021 K2 became the final <a href="/wiki/Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">eight-thousander</a> to be summited in the winter by a team of <a href="/wiki/Nepalis" title="Nepalis">Nepalese</a> climbers led by <a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Purja" title="Nirmal Purja">Nirmal Purja</a> and Mingma Gyalje Sherpa.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Geographic_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Geographic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-winter-k2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winter-k2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>K2's eastern face remains un-climbed.<sup id="cite_ref-ameralpineclub_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ameralpineclub-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2_by_Montgomery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/K2_by_Montgomery.jpg/220px-K2_by_Montgomery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/K2_by_Montgomery.jpg/330px-K2_by_Montgomery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/K2_by_Montgomery.jpg/440px-K2_by_Montgomery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="389" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thomas_George_Montgomerie" title="Thomas George Montgomerie">Montgomerie</a>'s original sketch from 1856 in which he applied the notation <i>K2</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The name <i>K2</i> is derived from the notation used by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Trigonometrical_Survey" title="Great Trigonometrical Survey">Great Trigonometrical Survey</a> of <a href="/wiki/Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India" title="Presidencies and provinces of British India">British India</a>. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_George_Montgomerie" title="Thomas George Montgomerie">Thomas Montgomerie</a> made the first survey of the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> from <a href="/wiki/Mount_Haramukh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Haramukh">Mount Haramukh</a>, some 210 km (130 mi) to the south, and sketched the two most prominent peaks, labeling them <i>K1</i> and <i>K2</i>, where the <i>K</i> stands for <i>Karakoram</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The policy of the Great Trigonometrical Survey was to use local names for mountains wherever possible<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and K1 was found to be known locally as <a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum">Masherbrum</a>. K2, however, appeared not to have acquired a local name-- possibly due to its remoteness. The mountain is not visible from <a href="/wiki/Askole" title="Askole">Askole</a>, one of the highest settlements on the way to the mountain, nor from the nearest habitation to the north. K2 is only fleetingly glimpsed from the end of the <a href="/wiki/Baltoro_Glacier" title="Baltoro Glacier">Baltoro Glacier</a>, beyond which few local people would have ventured.<sup id="cite_ref-Curran30_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curran30-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name <i>Chogori</i>, derived from two <a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a> words, <i>chhogo</i> ཆོ་གྷའོ་ ("big") and <i>ri</i> རི ("mountain") (چھوغوری)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has been suggested as a local name,<sup id="cite_ref-et-names_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et-names-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but evidence for its widespread use is scant. It may have been a compound name invented by Western explorers<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1983_carter_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1983_carter-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or simply a bemused reply to the question "What's that called?"<sup id="cite_ref-Curran30_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curran30-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It does, however, form the basis for the name <i>Qogir</i> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">乔戈里峰</span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">喬戈里峰</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Qiáogēlǐ Fēng</span></i>) by which Chinese authorities officially refer to the peak. Other local names have been suggested including <i>Lamba Pahar</i> ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu) and <i>Dapsang</i>, but these are not widely used.<sup id="cite_ref-Curran30_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curran30-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the mountain lacking a local name, the name <i>Mount Godwin-Austen</i> was suggested in honour of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Haversham_Godwin-Austen" title="Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen">Henry Godwin-Austen</a>, an early explorer of the area. While the name was rejected by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" title="Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Curran30_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curran30-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was used on several maps and continues to be used occasionally.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1975_carter_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1975_carter-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The surveyor's mark, K2, therefore continues to be the name by which the mountain is commonly known. It is now also used in the <a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti language</a>, rendered as <i>Kechu</i> or <i>Ketu</i><sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1983_carter_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1983_carter-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-carter_ketu_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carter_ketu-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a>: <span lang="bft" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">کے چو</span>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl">کے ٹو</span>). The Italian climber <a href="/wiki/Fosco_Maraini" title="Fosco Maraini">Fosco Maraini</a> argued in his account of the ascent of <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV">Gasherbrum IV</a> that while the name of K2 owes its origin to chance, its clipped, impersonal nature is highly appropriate for such a remote and challenging mountain. He concluded that it was: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>... just the bare bones of a name, all rock and ice and storm and abyss. It makes no attempt to sound human. It is atoms and stars. It has the nakedness of the world before the first man—or of the cindered planet after the last.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Weil" title="André Weil">André Weil</a> named <a href="/wiki/K3_surface" title="K3 surface">K3 surfaces</a> in mathematics partly after the beauty of the mountain K2.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographical_setting">Geographical setting</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_India_and_Pakistan_1-250,000_Tile_NI_43-4_Chulung.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_India_and_Pakistan_1-250%2C000_Tile_NI_43-4_Chulung.jpg/220px-Map_India_and_Pakistan_1-250%2C000_Tile_NI_43-4_Chulung.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_India_and_Pakistan_1-250%2C000_Tile_NI_43-4_Chulung.jpg/330px-Map_India_and_Pakistan_1-250%2C000_Tile_NI_43-4_Chulung.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_India_and_Pakistan_1-250%2C000_Tile_NI_43-4_Chulung.jpg/440px-Map_India_and_Pakistan_1-250%2C000_Tile_NI_43-4_Chulung.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="3791" /></a><figcaption>Map including K2 (labelled as <i>K2 (MOUNT GODWIN AUSTEN)</i> in upper left corner of map) (<a href="/wiki/Army_Map_Service" title="Army Map Service">AMS</a>, 1953)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv/220px--K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="57" data-mwtitle="K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv/K2-Animation_280611_DLR-Logo_1280x720.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Virtual flight around K2</figcaption></figure> <p>K2 lies in the northwestern <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Karakoram Range">Karakoram Range</a>. It is located in the <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit–Baltistan">Gilgit–Baltistan</a>, Pakistan, and the <a href="/wiki/Taxkorgan_Tajik_Autonomous_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County">Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County</a> of <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>, China.<sup id="cite_ref-India's_claim_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India's_claim-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Tarim_Basin" title="Tarim Basin">Tarim sedimentary basin</a> borders the range on the north and the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Himalayas" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesser Himalayas">Lesser Himalayas</a> on the south. Melt waters from glaciers, such as those south and east of K2, feed agriculture in the valleys and contribute significantly to the regional fresh-water supply.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>K2 is <a href="/wiki/List_of_peaks_by_prominence" class="mw-redirect" title="List of peaks by prominence">ranked 22nd</a> by <a href="/wiki/Topographic_prominence" title="Topographic prominence">topographic prominence</a>, a measure of a mountain's independent stature. It is a part of the same extended area of uplift (including the Karakoram, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Himalayas) as <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a>, and it is possible to follow a path from K2 to Everest that goes no lower than 4,594 metres (15,072 ft), at the <a href="/wiki/Kora_La" class="mw-redirect" title="Kora La">Kora La</a> on the Nepal/China border in the <a href="/wiki/Mustang_(kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mustang (kingdom)">Mustang Lo</a>. Many other peaks far lower than K2 are more independent in this sense. It is, however, the most prominent peak within the Karakoram range.<sup id="cite_ref-peaklist_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peaklist-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>K2 is notable for its local relief as well as its total height. It stands over 3,000 metres (9,840 ft) above much of the glacial valley bottoms at its base. It is a consistently steep pyramid, dropping quickly in almost all directions. The north side is the steepest: there it rises over 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) above the K2 (Qogir) Glacier in only 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) of horizontal distance. In most directions, it achieves over 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) of vertical relief in less than 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-8000m_map_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8000m_map-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1986 expedition led by <a href="/wiki/George_Wallerstein" title="George Wallerstein">George Wallerstein</a> made an inaccurate measurement showing that K2 was taller than Mount Everest, and therefore the tallest mountain on Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A corrected measurement was made in 1987, but by then the claim that K2 was the tallest mountain in the world had already made it into many news reports and reference works.<sup id="cite_ref-straightdope_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-straightdope-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Height">Height</h2></div> <p>K2's height given on maps and encyclopedias is 8,611 metres (28,251 ft). In the summer of 2014, a Pakistani-Italian expedition to K2, named "K2 60 Years Later", was organized to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of K2. One of the goals of the expedition was to accurately measure the height of the mountain using satellite navigation. The height of K2 measured during this expedition was 8,609.02 metres (28,244.8 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2></div> <p>The mountains of K2 and <a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a>, and the area westward to the lower reaches of <a href="/wiki/Sarpo_Laggo_glacier" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarpo Laggo glacier">Sarpo Laggo glacier</a>, consist of <a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">metamorphic rocks</a>, known as the <i>K2 Gneiss</i> and part of the Karakoram Metamorphic Complex.<sup id="cite_ref-Searle1991a_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Searle1991a-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Searle1991b_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Searle1991b-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The K2 Gneiss consists of a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Orthogneiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthogneiss">orthogneiss</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biotite" title="Biotite">biotite</a>-rich <a href="/wiki/Paragneiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Paragneiss">paragneiss</a>. On the south and southeast face of K2, the orthogneiss consists of a mixture of a strongly <a href="/wiki/Foliation_(geology)" title="Foliation (geology)">foliated</a> <a href="/wiki/Plagioclase" title="Plagioclase">plagioclase</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hornblende" title="Hornblende">hornblende</a> <a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">gneiss</a> and a biotite-hornblende-<a href="/wiki/K-feldspar" class="mw-redirect" title="K-feldspar">K-feldspar</a> orthogneiss, which has been intruded by <a href="/wiki/Garnet" title="Garnet">garnet</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mica" title="Mica">mica</a> <a href="/wiki/Leucogranite" title="Leucogranite">leucogranitic</a> <a href="/wiki/Dike_(geology)" title="Dike (geology)">dikes</a>. In places, the paragneisses include <a href="/wiki/Clinopyroxene" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinopyroxene">clinopyroxene</a>-hornblende-bearing <a href="/wiki/Psammite" title="Psammite">psammites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garnet" title="Garnet">garnet</a> (grossular)-<a href="/wiki/Diopside" title="Diopside">diopside</a> <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marbles</a>, and biotite-<a href="/wiki/Graphite" title="Graphite">graphite</a> <a href="/wiki/Phyllite" title="Phyllite">phyllites</a>. Near the memorial to the climbers who have died on K2, above Base Camp on the south spur, thin impure marbles with quartzites and mica schists, called the <i>Gilkey-Puchoz sequence</i>, are interbanded within the orthogneisses. On the west face of Broad Peak and the south spur of K2, <a href="/wiki/Lamprophyre" title="Lamprophyre">lamprophyre</a> dikes, which consist of clinopyroxene and biotite-<a href="/wiki/Porphyritic" title="Porphyritic">porphyritic</a> <a href="/wiki/Vogesite" class="mw-redirect" title="Vogesite">vogesites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lamprophyre" title="Lamprophyre">minettes</a>, have intruded the K2 gneiss. The K2 Gneiss is separated from the surrounding <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedimentary">sedimentary</a> and metasedimentary rocks of the surrounding Karakoram Metamorphic Complex by <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">normal faults</a>. For example, a fault separates the K2 gneiss of the east face of K2 from <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slate" title="Slate">slates</a> comprising nearby <a href="/wiki/Skyang_Kangri" title="Skyang Kangri">Skyang Kangri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Searle1991a_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Searle1991a-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SearleOthers1990a_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SearleOthers1990a-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Argon%E2%80%93argon_dating" title="Argon–argon dating"><sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar ages</a> of 115 to 120 million years ago obtained from and geochemical analyses of the K2 Gneiss demonstrate that it is an older, metamorphosed, pre-collisional <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a>. The granitic precursor (<a href="/wiki/Protolith" title="Protolith">protolith</a>) to the K2 Gneiss originated as the result of the production of large bodies of <a href="/wiki/Magma" title="Magma">magma</a> by a northward-dipping <a href="/wiki/Subduction_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Subduction zone">subduction zone</a> along what was the <a href="/wiki/Continental_margin" title="Continental margin">continental margin</a> of Asia at that time and their intrusion as <a href="/wiki/Batholith" title="Batholith">batholiths</a> into its lower <a href="/wiki/Continental_crust" title="Continental crust">continental crust</a>. During the initial collision of the Asia and Indian plates, this granitic batholith was buried to depths of about 20 kilometres (12 mi) or more, highly metamorphosed, highly deformed, and partially remelted during the Eocene Period to form gneiss. Later, the K2 Gneiss was then intruded by leucogranite dikes and finally exhumed and uplifted along major breakback thrust faults during post-Miocene time. The K2 Gneiss was exposed as the entire K2-Broad Peak-Gasherbrum range experienced rapid uplift with which erosion rates have been unable to keep pace.<sup id="cite_ref-Searle1991a_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Searle1991a-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SearleOthers2010a_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SearleOthers2010a-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climbing_history">Climbing history</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_attempts">Early attempts</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_above_Camp-IV_of_K2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/View_above_Camp-IV_of_K2.jpg/170px-View_above_Camp-IV_of_K2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/View_above_Camp-IV_of_K2.jpg/255px-View_above_Camp-IV_of_K2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/View_above_Camp-IV_of_K2.jpg/340px-View_above_Camp-IV_of_K2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="992" data-file-height="1776" /></a><figcaption>View above Camp-IV of K2</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2_West_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/K2_West_1909.jpg/170px-K2_West_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/K2_West_1909.jpg/255px-K2_West_1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/K2_West_1909.jpg/340px-K2_West_1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="508" /></a><figcaption>The west face of K2 taken from the Savoia Glacier, on the 1909 expedition</figcaption></figure> <p>The mountain was first surveyed by a British team in 1856. Team member <a href="/wiki/Thomas_George_Montgomerie" title="Thomas George Montgomerie">Thomas Montgomerie</a> designated the mountain "K2" for being the second peak of the Karakoram range. The other peaks were originally named K1, K3, K4, and K5, but were eventually renamed <a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum">Masherbrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV">Gasherbrum IV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">Gasherbrum II</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I">Gasherbrum I</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1892, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Conway,_1st_Baron_Conway_of_Allington" title="Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington">Martin Conway</a> led a British expedition that reached "<a href="/wiki/Concordia_(Karakoram)" title="Concordia (Karakoram)">Concordia</a>" on the <a href="/wiki/Baltoro_Glacier" title="Baltoro Glacier">Baltoro Glacier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first serious attempt to climb K2 was undertaken in 1902 by <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Eckenstein" title="Oscar Eckenstein">Oscar Eckenstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aleister_Crowley" title="Aleister Crowley">Aleister Crowley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jules_Jacot-Guillarmod" title="Jules Jacot-Guillarmod">Jules Jacot-Guillarmod</a>, Heinrich Pfannl, Victor Wessely, and <a href="/wiki/Guy_Knowles" title="Guy Knowles">Guy Knowles</a> via the Northeast Ridge. In the early 1900s, modern transportation did not exist in the region: it took "fourteen days just to reach the foot of the mountain".<sup id="cite_ref-confessions_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-confessions-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After five serious and costly attempts, the team reached 6,525 metres (21,407 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-k2climb_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k2climb-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—although considering the difficulty of the challenge, and the lack of modern climbing equipment or weatherproof fabrics, Crowley's statement that "neither man nor beast was injured" highlights the relative skill of the ascent. The failures were also attributed to sickness (Crowley was suffering the residual effects of <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a>), a combination of questionable physical training, personality conflicts, and poor weather conditions—of 68 days spent on K2 (at the time, the record for the longest time spent at such an altitude) only eight provided clear weather.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Notable2"></span>The next expedition to K2, in 1909, led by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Luigi_Amedeo,_Duke_of_the_Abruzzi" title="Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi">Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi</a>, reached an elevation of around 6,250 metres (20,510 ft) on the South East Spur, now known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Abruzzi_Spur" class="mw-redirect" title="Abruzzi Spur">Abruzzi Spur</a></i> (or Abruzzi Ridge). This would eventually become part of the standard route, but was abandoned at the time due to its steepness and difficulty. After trying and failing to find a feasible alternative route on the West Ridge or the North East Ridge, the Duke declared that K2 would never be climbed, and the team switched its attention to <a href="/wiki/Chogolisa" title="Chogolisa">Chogolisa</a>, where the Duke came within 150 metres (490 ft) of the summit before being driven back by a storm.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2_East_Face_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/K2_East_Face_1909.jpg/170px-K2_East_Face_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/K2_East_Face_1909.jpg/255px-K2_East_Face_1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/K2_East_Face_1909.jpg/340px-K2_East_Face_1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1464" data-file-height="2169" /></a><figcaption>K2 from the east, photographed during the 1909 expedition</figcaption></figure> <p>The next attempt on K2 was not made until 1938, when the <a href="/wiki/1938_American_Karakoram_expedition_to_K2" title="1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2">First American Karakoram expedition</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Snead_Houston" title="Charles Snead Houston">Charles Houston</a>, made a reconnaissance of the mountain. They concluded that the Abruzzi Spur was the most practical route and reached a height of around 8,000 meters (26,000 ft) before turning back due to diminishing supplies and the threat of bad weather.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following year, the <a href="/wiki/1939_American_Karakoram_expedition_to_K2" title="1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2">1939 American expedition</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Wiessner" title="Fritz Wiessner">Fritz Wiessner</a> came within 200 metres (660 ft) of the summit but ended in disaster when <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Wolfe" title="Dudley Wolfe">Dudley Wolfe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasang_Kikuli" title="Pasang Kikuli">Pasang Kikuli</a>, Pasang Kitar, and Pintso disappeared high on the mountain.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charles Houston returned to K2 to lead the <a href="/wiki/1953_American_Karakoram_expedition" title="1953 American Karakoram expedition">1953 American expedition</a>. The attempt failed after a storm pinned down the team for 10 days at 7,800 metres (25,590 ft), during which time climber <a href="/wiki/Art_Gilkey" title="Art Gilkey">Art Gilkey</a> became critically ill. A desperate retreat followed, during which <a href="/wiki/Pete_Schoening" title="Pete Schoening">Pete Schoening</a> saved almost the entire team during a mass fall (known simply as <a href="/wiki/Pete_Schoening#The_Belay" title="Pete Schoening">The Belay</a>), and Gilkey was killed, either in an avalanche or in a deliberate attempt to avoid burdening his companions. Despite the retreat and tragic end, the expedition has been given iconic status in mountaineering history.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Gilkey_Memorial" title="Gilkey Memorial">Gilkey Memorial</a> was built in his memory at the mountain's foot.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Success_and_repeats">Success and repeats</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Compagnoni_summit_K2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Compagnoni_summit_K2.jpg/170px-Compagnoni_summit_K2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Compagnoni_summit_K2.jpg/255px-Compagnoni_summit_K2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Compagnoni_summit_K2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="462" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Achille_Compagnoni" title="Achille Compagnoni">Achille Compagnoni</a> on K2's summit on the first ascent (31 July 1954)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1954_Italian_expedition_to_K2" title="1954 Italian expedition to K2">1954 Italian expedition</a> finally succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by <a href="/wiki/Ardito_Desio" title="Ardito Desio">Ardito Desio</a>, and the two climbers who reached the summit were <a href="/wiki/Lino_Lacedelli" title="Lino Lacedelli">Lino Lacedelli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Achille_Compagnoni" title="Achille Compagnoni">Achille Compagnoni</a>. The team included a Pakistani member, Colonel Muhammad Ata-ullah, who had been a part of the 1953 American expedition. Also on the expedition were <a href="/wiki/Walter_Bonatti" title="Walter Bonatti">Walter Bonatti</a> and Pakistani Hunza porter <a href="/wiki/Amir_Mehdi" title="Amir Mehdi">Amir Mehdi</a>, who both proved vital to the expedition's success in that they carried <a href="/wiki/Oxygen_tank" title="Oxygen tank">oxygen tanks</a> to 8,100 metres (26,600 ft) for Lacedelli and Compagnoni. The <a href="/wiki/1954_Italian_Karakoram_expedition_controversy" title="1954 Italian Karakoram expedition controversy">ascent is controversial</a> because Lacedelli and Compagnoni established their camp at a higher elevation than originally agreed with Mehdi and Bonatti. It being too dark to ascend or descend, Mehdi and Bonatti were forced to overnight without shelter above 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), leaving the oxygen tanks behind as requested when they descended. Bonatti and Mehdi survived, but Mehdi was hospitalised for months and had to have his toes amputated because of frostbite. Efforts in the 1950s to suppress these facts to protect Lacedelli and Compagnoni's reputations as Italian national heroes were later brought to light. It was also revealed that the moving of the camp was deliberate, apparently because Compagnoni feared being outshone by the younger Bonatti. Bonatti was given the blame for Mehdi's hospitalisation.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2014_0807_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_2014_0807-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 August 1977, 23 years after the Italian expedition, <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Yoshizawa" title="Ichiro Yoshizawa">Ichiro Yoshizawa</a> led the second successful ascent, with <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Aman" title="Ashraf Aman">Ashraf Aman</a> as the first native Pakistani climber. The Japanese expedition took the Abruzzi Spur and used more than 1,500 porters.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The third ascent of K2 was in 1978, via a new route, the long and <a href="/wiki/Cornice_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornice (climbing)">corniced</a> Northeast Ridge. The top of the route traversed left across the East Face to avoid a vertical <a href="/wiki/Headwall" title="Headwall">headwall</a> and joined the uppermost part of the Abruzzi route. This ascent was made by an American team, led by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Whittaker" title="Jim Whittaker">James Whittaker</a>; the summit party was <a href="/wiki/Louis_Reichardt" title="Louis Reichardt">Louis Reichardt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wickwire" title="Jim Wickwire">Jim Wickwire</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Roskelley" title="John Roskelley">John Roskelley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ridgeway" title="Rick Ridgeway">Rick Ridgeway</a>. Wickwire endured an overnight <a href="/wiki/Bivouac_shelter" title="Bivouac shelter">bivouac</a> about 150 metres (490 ft) below the summit, one of the highest bivouacs in history. This ascent was emotional for the American team, as they saw themselves as completing a task that had been begun by the 1938 team forty years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1979_Reichardt_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1979_Reichardt-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Notable1"></span>Another notable Japanese ascent was that of the difficult <a href="#North_Ridge">North Ridge</a> on the Chinese side of the peak in 1982. A team from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Mountaineering_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japan Mountaineering Association (page does not exist)">Japan Mountaineering Association</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B1%B1%E5%B2%B3%E5%8D%94%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:日本山岳協会">ja</a>]</span> led by Isao Shinkai and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Masatsugo_Konishi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masatsugo Konishi (page does not exist)">Masatsugo Konishi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E8%A5%BF%E6%94%BF%E7%B6%99" class="extiw" title="ja:小西政継">ja</a>]</span> put three members, Naoe Sakashita, Hiroshi Yoshino, and Yukihiro Yanagisawa, on the summit on 14 August. However Yanagisawa fell and died on the descent. Four other members of the team achieved the summit the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1983_K2_North_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1983_K2_North-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first climber to reach the summit of K2 twice was Czech climber <a href="/wiki/Josef_Rakoncaj" title="Josef Rakoncaj">Josef Rakoncaj</a>. Rakoncaj was a member of the 1983 Italian expedition led by Francesco Santon, which made the second successful ascent of the North Ridge (31 July 1983). Three years later, on 5 July 1986, he reached the summit via the Abruzzi Spur (double with Broad Peak West Face solo) as a member of Agostino da Polenza's international expedition.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1987_Rakoncaj_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1987_Rakoncaj-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first woman to summit K2 was Polish climber <a href="/wiki/Wanda_Rutkiewicz" title="Wanda Rutkiewicz">Wanda Rutkiewicz</a> on 23 June 1986. Liliane and Maurice Barrard, who had summited later that day, fell during the descent; Liliane Barrard's body was found on 19 July 1986 at the foot of the south face.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1987_Women_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1987_Women-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 28, 2024, Japanese climber Naoko Watanabe became the first woman to summit K2 three times.<sup id="cite_ref-Annapurna_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annapurna-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, two Polish expeditions summited via two new routes, the Magic Line<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1987_Magic_Line_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1987_Magic_Line-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Polish Line (<a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Kukuczka" title="Jerzy Kukuczka">Jerzy Kukuczka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Piotrowski_(mountaineer)" title="Tadeusz Piotrowski (mountaineer)">Tadeusz Piotrowski</a>). Piotrowski fell to his death as the two were descending. </p><p>Thirteen climbers from several expeditions died in the <a href="/wiki/1986_K2_disaster" title="1986 K2 disaster">1986 K2 disaster</a>. Another six mountaineers died in the <a href="/wiki/1995_K2_disaster" title="1995 K2 disaster">1995 K2 disaster</a>, while eleven climbers died in the <a href="/wiki/2008_K2_disaster" title="2008 K2 disaster">2008 K2 disaster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_records,_attempts_and_notable_events"><span id="Recent_records.2C_attempts_and_notable_events"></span>Recent records, attempts and notable events</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_deaths_on_eight-thousanders#K2" title="List of deaths on eight-thousanders">List of deaths on eight-thousanders § K2</a></div> <dl><dt>2004</dt> <dd>In 2004, the Spanish climber <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Soria_Font%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Soria Fontán">Carlos Soria Fontán</a> became the oldest person ever to summit K2, at the age of 65.<sup id="cite_ref-k2summiters_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k2summiters-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2008</dt> <dd>On 1 August 2008, <a href="/wiki/2008_K2_disaster" title="2008 K2 disaster">a group of climbers went missing</a> after a large piece of ice fell during an avalanche, taking out the fixed ropes on part of the route; four climbers were rescued, but 11, including <a href="/wiki/Meherban_Karim" title="Meherban Karim">Meherban Karim</a> from Pakistan<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ger_McDonnell" title="Ger McDonnell">Ger McDonnell</a>, the first Irish person to reach the summit, were confirmed dead.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_2008_0803_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_2008_0803-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2009</dt> <dd>Despite several attempts, nobody reached the summit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dt>2010</dt> <dd>On 6 August 2010, <a href="/wiki/Fredrik_Ericsson" title="Fredrik Ericsson">Fredrik Ericsson</a>, who intended to ski from the summit, joined <a href="/wiki/Gerlinde_Kaltenbrunner" title="Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner">Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner</a> on the way to the summit of K2. Ericsson fell 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and was killed. Kaltenbrunner aborted her summit attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Despite several attempts, nobody reached the summit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dt>2011</dt> <dd>On 23 August 2011, a team of four climbers reached the summit of K2 from the North side. <a href="/wiki/Gerlinde_Kaltenbrunner" title="Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner">Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner</a> became the first woman to complete all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Exweb_2011_0826_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exweb_2011_0826-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kazakhs <a href="/wiki/Maxut_Zhumayev" title="Maxut Zhumayev">Maxut Zhumayev</a> and Vassiliy Pivtsov completed their eight-thousanders quest. The fourth team member was Dariusz Załuski from Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-Exweb_2011_0825_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exweb_2011_0825-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2012</dt> <dd>The year started with a Russian team aiming for a first winter ascent. This expedition ended with the death of Vitaly Gorelik due to frostbite and pneumonia. The Russian team cancelled the ascent.<sup id="cite_ref-Exweb_2012_0209_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exweb_2012_0209-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer season, K2 saw a record crowd standing on its summit—28 climbers in a single day—bringing the total for the year to 30.<sup id="cite_ref-Exweb_2012_0803_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exweb_2012_0803-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2014</dt> <dd>On 26 July 2014, the first team of Pakistani climbers scaled K2. There were six Pakistani and three Italian climbers in the expedition, called K2 60 Years Later, according to BBC. Previously, K2 had only been summited by individual Pakistanis as part of international expeditions.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2014_0726_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_2014_0726-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another team, consisting of <a href="/wiki/Pasang_Lhamu_Sherpa_Akita" title="Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita">Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maya_Sherpa" class="mw-redirect" title="Maya Sherpa">Maya Sherpa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dawa_Yangzum_Sherpa" title="Dawa Yangzum Sherpa">Dawa Yangzum Sherpa</a>, became the first Nepali women to climb K2.<sup id="cite_ref-r+i_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r+i-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>On 27 July 2014, <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Madison" title="Garrett Madison">Garrett Madison</a> led a team of three American climbers and six Sherpas to summit K2.<sup id="cite_ref-outside_2014_0709_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outside_2014_0709-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On this day, Alan Arnette became the oldest American to summit the mountain at the age of 58.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 July 2014, <a href="/wiki/Boyan_Petrov" title="Boyan Petrov">Boyan Petrov</a> completed the first Bulgarian ascent, just 8 days after climbing <a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2017</dt> <dd>On 28 July 2017, <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_O%27Brien" title="Vanessa O'Brien">Vanessa O'Brien</a> led an international team of 12 with Mingma Gyalje Sherpa of Dreamers Destination to the summit of K2 and became the first British and American woman to summit K2, and the eldest woman to summit K2 at the age of 52 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-vanessaaugust2017thenation_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanessaaugust2017thenation-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She paid tribute to <a href="/wiki/Julie_Tullis" title="Julie Tullis">Julie Tullis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alison_Hargreaves" title="Alison Hargreaves">Alison Hargreaves</a>, two British women who summited K2, in 1986 and 1995 respectively, but died during their descents. Other notable summits included <a href="/wiki/John_Snorri_Sigurj%C3%B3nsson" title="John Snorri Sigurjónsson">John Snorri Sigurjónsson</a> and Dawa Gyalje Sherpa who joined his sister (Dawa Yangzum Sherpa), becoming the second set of siblings to summit K2.<sup id="cite_ref-sigurjonssonaugust2017thehim_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sigurjonssonaugust2017thehim-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Mingma Gyalje Sherpa and Fazal Ali recorded their second K2 summits.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dt>2018</dt> <dd>2018 became the record year for highest number of summits in a season, at 62.<sup id="cite_ref-LessSavage_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LessSavage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>On 22 July 2018, <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Madison" title="Garrett Madison">Garrett Madison</a> became the first American climber to reach the summit of K2 more than once when he led an international team of eight climbers, nine Nepali Sherpas, four Pakistani high-altitude porters, and two other Madison Mountaineering guides to the summit.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>On 22 July 2018, Polish mountaineer and mountain runner <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Bargiel" title="Andrzej Bargiel">Andrzej Bargiel</a> became the first person to ski from summit to base camp.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2019</dt> <dd>On 25 July 2019, <a href="/wiki/Anja_Blacha" title="Anja Blacha">Anja Blacha</a> became the first German woman to summit K2. She climbed without the use of supplemental oxygen.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2022</dt> <dd>On 22 July 2022, 145 summits on K2 were recorded in a single day, making it a record for the highest number of summits in a single day ever on K2. The 2022 season also saw the highest number of summits in a season at 200, taking over the previous record of 62 summits in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-LessSavage_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LessSavage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>On 28 July 2022, <a href="/wiki/Adriana_Brownlee" title="Adriana Brownlee">Adriana Brownlee</a> became the youngest woman to climb K2 when she summited at age 21.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>2023</dt> <dd>2023 was also a busy season like 2022, with an estimated 112 summits on the only viable weather window of July 27. Norwegian mountaineer <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Harila" title="Kristin Harila">Kristin Harila</a> and her guide, Nepali mountaineer <a href="/wiki/Tenjen_Sherpa" title="Tenjen Sherpa">Tenjen Sherpa</a> successfully completed their summit of K2 on the same day, and set a record for the fastest climb of all 14 eight-thousanders in 92 days.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Winter_expeditions">Winter expeditions</h3></div> <ul><li>1987/1988 — Polish-Canadian-British expedition led by <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Zawada" title="Andrzej Zawada">Andrzej Zawada</a> from the Pakistani side, consisting of 13 Poles, 7 Canadians and 4 Brits. 2 March <a href="/wiki/Krzysztof_Wielicki" title="Krzysztof Wielicki">Krzysztof Wielicki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leszek_Cichy" title="Leszek Cichy">Leszek Cichy</a> established camp III at 7,300 metres (24,000 ft) above sea, followed by Roger Mear and Jean-Francois Gagnon few days later. Hurricane winds and frostbite forced the team to retreat.<sup id="cite_ref-altitudepakistan.blogspot.com_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-altitudepakistan.blogspot.com-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2002/2003 — Netia K2 Polish Winter Expedition. The team of fourteen climbers was led by <a href="/wiki/Krzysztof_Wielicki" title="Krzysztof Wielicki">Krzysztof Wielicki</a>, and included four members from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Georgia. They intended to climb North Ridge. Marcin Kaczkan, <a href="/wiki/Piotr_Morawski" title="Piotr Morawski">Piotr Morawski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denis_Urubko" title="Denis Urubko">Denis Urubko</a> established camp IV at 7,650 metres (25,100 ft) above sea level. The final ascent started by Kaczkan and Urubko failed due to the destruction of the tent by harsh weather in camp IV and Kaczkan's <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_edema" title="Cerebral edema">cerebral edema</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-altitudepakistan.blogspot.com_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-altitudepakistan.blogspot.com-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2011/2012 — Russian expedition. Nine Russian climbers attempted K2's Abruzzi Spur route. They managed to reach 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) above sea level (Vitaly Gorelik, Valery Shamalo, and Nicholas Totmyanin) but had to retreat due to hurricane-force winds as well as <a href="/wiki/Frostbite" title="Frostbite">frostbite</a> on both of Gorelik's hands. After their descent to base camp and an unsuccessful call for Gorelik's evacuation (helicopter could not reach them through the worsening weather), the climber died of <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a> and cardiac arrest. Following the incident, the expedition was called off.<sup id="cite_ref-altitudepakistan.blogspot.com_91-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-altitudepakistan.blogspot.com-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017/2018 — Polish National Winter Expedition led by <a href="/wiki/Krzysztof_Wielicki" title="Krzysztof Wielicki">Krzysztof Wielicki</a>, consisting of 13 climbers, started in the end of December 2017. The team initially attempted to summit via the south-southeastern spur (Cesen route), switching to the Abruzzi Spur after an injury on the previous route.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Via the Cesen/Basque route they reached up to 6,300 metres (20,700 ft), while on the Abruzzi Spur route they reached up to 7,400 metres (24,300 ft). However, Denis Urubko reported that during his solo attempt he probably reached up to 7,600 metres (24,900 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021 — Ten climbers made the first winter summit on 16 January 2021. The group summited together, and consisted of Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, <a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Purja" title="Nirmal Purja">Nirmal Purja</a>, Gelje Sherpa, <a href="/wiki/Mingma_Gyabu_Sherpa" title="Mingma Gyabu Sherpa">Mingma David Sherpa</a>, Mingma Tenzi Sherpa, Dawa Temba Sherpa, Pem Chhiri Sherpa, Kilu Pemba Sherpa, Dawa Tenjing Sherpa, and Sona Sherpa. The summiting group consisted entirely of indigenous climbers from Nepal. <a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Purja" title="Nirmal Purja">Nirmal Purja</a> was the only one who reached the summit without the use of supplemental oxygen. The summit temperature was −40 °C (−40 °F). On the same day, Spanish climber <a href="/wiki/Sergi_Mingote" title="Sergi Mingote">Sergi Mingote</a> died on the descent from Camp III; he fell somewhere between Camp I and Advanced Base Camp.<sup id="cite_ref-winter-k2_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winter-k2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-National_Geographic_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Geographic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SP_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SP-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four other climbers would die during the 2020–21 winter season: <a href="/wiki/Atanas_Skatov" title="Atanas Skatov">Atanas Skatov</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Anadolu_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anadolu-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ali_Sadpara" title="Ali Sadpara">Ali Sadpara</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Snorri" class="mw-redirect" title="John Snorri">John Snorri</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Mohr_Prieto" title="Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto">Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climbing_routes_and_difficulties">Climbing routes and difficulties</h2></div> <p>K2 features several routes, each with distinct characteristics; however, they all share common challenges. The first is the extreme altitude, which results in a significant reduction in available oxygen. At the summit of K2, only one-third of the oxygen present at sea level is available to climbers.<sup id="cite_ref-alt_calc_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alt_calc-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second challenge is the mountain’s tendency to experience extreme storms lasting several days, which have resulted in many of the deaths on the peak. The third is the steep, exposed, and demanding nature of all routes on the mountain, which makes retreat particularly difficult, especially during storms. Despite numerous attempts, the first successful winter ascent occurred only in 2021. All major climbing routes are located on the Pakistani side.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The base camp is also located on the Pakistani side.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abruzzi_Spur"><span id="Abruzzi_Spur"></span><span id="Abruzzi_Ridge"></span>Abruzzi Spur</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2_Abruzzi_Spur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/K2_Abruzzi_Spur.jpg/220px-K2_Abruzzi_Spur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/K2_Abruzzi_Spur.jpg/330px-K2_Abruzzi_Spur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/K2_Abruzzi_Spur.jpg/440px-K2_Abruzzi_Spur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>The south side of K2 with the Abruzzi Spur route</figcaption></figure> <p>The standard route of ascent, used by 75% of all climbers, is the Abruzzi Spur,<sup id="cite_ref-him_alpine_style_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-him_alpine_style-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-world_mountaineering_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world_mountaineering-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located on the Pakistani side, <a href="#Notable2">first attempted</a> by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Luigi_Amedeo,_Duke_of_the_Abruzzi" title="Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi">Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi</a> in 1909. This is the peak's southeast ridge, rising above the <a href="/wiki/Godwin-Austen_Glacier" title="Godwin-Austen Glacier">Godwin-Austen Glacier</a>. The spur proper begins at an altitude of 5,400 metres (17,700 ft), where Advanced Base Camp is usually placed. The route follows an alternating series of rock ribs, snow/ice fields, and some technical <a href="/wiki/Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">rock climbing</a> on two famous features, "<a href="/wiki/House%27s_Chimney" title="House's Chimney">House's Chimney</a>" and the "Black Pyramid." Above the Black Pyramid, the route continues along dangerously exposed and difficult-to-navigate slopes leading to the easily visible "Shoulder" and then on to the summit. The last major obstacle is a narrow <a href="/wiki/Couloir" title="Couloir">couloir</a> known as the "<a href="/wiki/Bottleneck_(K2)" title="Bottleneck (K2)">Bottleneck</a>", which places climbers dangerously close to a wall of <a href="/wiki/Serac" title="Serac">seracs</a> that form an ice cliff to the east of the summit. It was partly due to the collapse of one of these seracs around 2001 that no climbers reached the summit in 2002 and 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_2005_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_2005-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1 and 2 August 2008, 11 climbers from several expeditions died during <a href="/wiki/2008_K2_disaster" title="2008 K2 disaster">a series of accidents</a>, including several icefalls in the Bottleneck.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_2008_0803_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn_2008_0803-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2008_0803_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_2008_0803-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Ridge">North Ridge</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2_Nordseite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/K2_Nordseite.jpg/220px-K2_Nordseite.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/K2_Nordseite.jpg/330px-K2_Nordseite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/K2_Nordseite.jpg/440px-K2_Nordseite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption>The north side of K2. The North Ridge is in the centre of the picture.</figcaption></figure> <p>Almost opposite the Abruzzi Spur is the North Ridge,<sup id="cite_ref-him_alpine_style_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-him_alpine_style-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-world_mountaineering_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world_mountaineering-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which ascends the Chinese side of the peak. It is rarely climbed, partly due to very difficult access, involving crossing the <a href="/wiki/Shaksgam_River" title="Shaksgam River">Shaksgam River</a>, which is a hazardous undertaking.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1991_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1991-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast to the crowds of climbers and trekkers at the Abruzzi basecamp, usually at most two teams are encamped below the North Ridge. This route, more technically difficult than the Abruzzi,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> ascends a long, steep, primarily rock ridge to high on the mountain—Camp IV, the "Eagle's Nest" at 7,900 metres (25,900 ft)—and then crosses a dangerously slide-prone <a href="/wiki/Hanging_glacier" title="Hanging glacier">hanging glacier</a> by a leftward climbing traverse, to reach a snow couloir which accesses the summit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Besides the <a href="#Notable1">original Japanese ascent</a>, a notable ascent of the North Ridge was the one in 1990 by Greg Child, Greg Mortimer, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Swenson" title="Steve Swenson">Steve Swenson</a>, which was done <a href="/wiki/Alpine_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpine style">alpine style</a> above Camp 2, though using some <a href="/wiki/Fixed_rope" title="Fixed rope">fixed ropes</a> already put in place by a Japanese team.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1991_116-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1991-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_routes">Other routes</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2-Northwestface.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/K2-Northwestface.jpg/220px-K2-Northwestface.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/K2-Northwestface.jpg/330px-K2-Northwestface.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/K2-Northwestface.jpg/440px-K2-Northwestface.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1125" /></a><figcaption>The routes climbed on the Northwest of the mountain. A: West Ridge; B: West Face; C: Northwest Ridge; D: North Ridge; E: Northeast Ridge.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2_south_routes.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/K2_south_routes.svg/220px-K2_south_routes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/K2_south_routes.svg/330px-K2_south_routes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/K2_south_routes.svg/440px-K2_south_routes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="628" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>The routes climbed on the southern side of the mountain. A: West Ridge; B; West Face (behind mountain); C: Southwest Pillar ("Magic Line"); D: South Face ("Polish Line"/"Central Rib"); E: South-southeast Spur ("Cesen route"/"Basque route"); F: Abruzzi Spur.</figcaption></figure> <p>Because 75% of people who climb K2 use the Abruzzi Spur, these listed routes are rarely climbed. No one has climbed the East Face of the mountain due to the instability of the snow and ice formations on that side.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the East Face, the North Face has not yet been climbed either. In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Denis_Urubko" title="Denis Urubko">Denis Urubko</a> and Serguey Samoilov intended to climb the K2's North Face but they were stymied by increasingly deteriorating conditions. After finding their intended route menaced by growing avalanche danger, they traversed onto the normal North Ridge route and summited on 2 October 2007, making the latest summer season ascent of the peak in history.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Northeast Ridge</dt> <dd>Long and marked with the presence of multiple ice cornices, this ridge finishes on the uppermost part of Abruzzi route. First crossed by a Polish expedition led by <a href="/wiki/Janusz_Kurczab" title="Janusz Kurczab">Janusz Kurczab</a> in 1976. The team was not able to summit due to poor weather.<sup id="cite_ref-thj_1979_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thj_1979-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First climbed by Louis Reichardt and James Wickwire on 6 September 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>West Ridge</dt> <dd>First climbed in 1981 by a Japanese team.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_1992_K2_West_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_1992_K2_West-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This route starts on the distant Negrotto Glacier and goes through unpredictable bands of rock and snowfields.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Southwest Pillar or "Magic Line"</dt> <dd>Very technical, and the second most demanding. First climbed in 1986 by the Polish-Slovak trio Piasecki-Wróż-Božik. Since then Jordi Corominas from Spain has been the only successful climber on this route (he summited in 2004),<sup id="cite_ref-BaseCamp_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaseCamp-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite many other attempts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>South Face or "Polish Line" or "Central Rib"</dt> <dd>Extremely exposed, demanding, and dangerous. In July 1986, <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Kukuczka" title="Jerzy Kukuczka">Jerzy Kukuczka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Piotrowski_(mountaineer)" title="Tadeusz Piotrowski (mountaineer)">Tadeusz Piotrowski</a> summited on this route. Piotrowski was killed while descending on the Abruzzi Spur. The route starts off the first part of the Southwest Pillar and then deviates into a totally exposed, snow-covered cliff area, then through a gully known as "the Hockey Stick", and then up to yet another exposed cliff face, continuing through yet another extremely exposed section all the way up to the point where the route joins with the Abruzzi Spur about 300 m (1,000 ft) before the summit. <a href="/wiki/Reinhold_Messner" title="Reinhold Messner">Reinhold Messner</a> called it a suicidal route and so far, no one has repeated Kukuczka and Piotrowski's achievement. "The route is so avalanche-prone, that no one else has ever considered a new attempt."<sup id="cite_ref-Messner1982_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Messner1982-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Northwest Face</dt> <dd>First ascent via this route was in 1990 by a Japanese team; this route is located on the Chinese side of the mountain. This route is known for its chaotic rock and snowfields all the way up to the summit.<sup id="cite_ref-BaseCamp_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaseCamp-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Northwest Ridge</dt> <dd>First climbed in 1991 by a French team: Pierre Beghin and Christophe Profit. Finishes on North Ridge. The second attempt in 1995 by an American team, they reached 8100 metres the 2 August before turning back in deteriorating weather.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>South-southeast spur or "Cesen route" or "Basque route"</dt> <dd>It runs the pillar between the Abruzzi Spur and the Polish Route. It connects with the Abruzzi Spur on the Shoulder, above the Black Pyramid and below the Bottleneck; since it avoids the Black Pyramid, it is considered safer. In 1986, <a href="/wiki/Tomo_%C4%8Cesen" title="Tomo Česen">Tomo Česen</a> ascended to 8,000 m (26,000 ft) via this route. The first summit via this route was by a Basque team in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-BaseCamp_122-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaseCamp-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>West Face</dt> <dd>Technical difficulty at high altitude, first climbed by a Russian team in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-RussianClimb_2007_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RussianClimb_2007-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This route is almost entirely made up of rock crevasses and snow-covered couloirs.<sup id="cite_ref-BaseCamp_122-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaseCamp-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, Japanese climbers <a href="/wiki/Kazuya_Hiraide" title="Kazuya Hiraide">Kazuya Hiraide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kenro_Nakajima" title="Kenro Nakajima">Kenro Nakajima</a> were lost in attempting a new line on this route.<sup id="cite_ref-Annapurna_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Annapurna-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_of_supplemental_oxygen">Use of supplemental oxygen</h3></div> <p>For most of its climbing history, K2 was not usually climbed with supplemental oxygen. Small, lightweight teams were the norm.<sup id="cite_ref-him_alpine_style_112-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-him_alpine_style-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-world_mountaineering_113-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world_mountaineering-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the 2004 season saw a great increase in the use of oxygen: 28 of 47 summiteers used oxygen in that year.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_2005_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj_2005-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Acclimatisation is essential when climbing without oxygen to avoid some degree of <a href="/wiki/Altitude_sickness" title="Altitude sickness">altitude sickness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Acclimatisation_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acclimatisation-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> K2's summit is well above the altitude at which <a href="/wiki/High-altitude_pulmonary_edema" title="High-altitude pulmonary edema">high-altitude pulmonary edema</a> (HAPE) and <a href="/wiki/High-altitude_cerebral_edema" title="High-altitude cerebral edema">high-altitude cerebral edema</a> (HACE) can occur.<sup id="cite_ref-MedicalProblems_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedicalProblems-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">mountaineering</a>, when ascending above an altitude of 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), the climber enters what is known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Death_zone" title="Death zone">death zone</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films">Films</h2></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/K2_(film)" title="K2 (film)">K2</a></i> (1991), an adventure drama film adaption of Patrick Meyers' original stage play, directed by <a href="/wiki/Franc_Roddam" title="Franc Roddam">Franc Roddam</a> and loosely based on the story of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wickwire" title="Jim Wickwire">Jim Wickwire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Reichardt" title="Louis Reichardt">Louis Reichardt</a>, the first Americans to summit K2</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vertical_Limit" title="Vertical Limit">Vertical Limit</a></i> (2000), an American survival thriller film directed by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Campbell" title="Martin Campbell">Martin Campbell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/K2:_Siren_of_the_Himalayas" title="K2: Siren of the Himalayas">K2: Siren of the Himalayas</a></i> (2012), an American documentary film directed by Dave Ohlson, that follows a group of climbers during their 2009 attempt to summit K2 on the 100-year anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Abruzzi" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Abruzzi">Duke of Abruzzi</a>’s landmark K2 expedition in 1909</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(2012_film)" title="The Summit (2012 film)">The Summit</a></i> (2012), a documentary film about the <a href="/wiki/2008_K2_disaster" title="2008 K2 disaster">2008 K2 disaster</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Ryan" title="Nick Ryan">Nick Ryan</a></li> <li><i>K2: The Impossible Descent</i> (2020), a documentary film about Polish ski mountaineer <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Bargiel" title="Andrzej Bargiel">Andrzej Bargiel</a>'s 2018 K2 climb and descent on skis, directed by Sławomir Batyra and Steven Robillard</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disasters">Disasters</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986_K2_disaster" title="1986 K2 disaster">1986 K2 disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_K2_disaster" title="1995 K2 disaster">1995 K2 disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_K2_disaster" title="2008 K2 disaster">2008 K2 disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_K2_disaster" title="2021 K2 disaster">2021 K2 disaster</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Passes">Passes</h2></div> <p><b>Windy Gap</b> is a 6,111-meter-high (20,049 ft) <a href="/wiki/Mountain_pass" title="Mountain pass">mountain pass</a> <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=K2&params=35.87318_N_76.57692_E_type:pass"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°52′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°34′37″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.87318°N 76.57692°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.87318; 76.57692</span></span></span></a></span></span> at east of K2, north of <a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a>, and south of <a href="/wiki/Skyang_Kangri" title="Skyang Kangri">Skyang Kangri</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_books_about_K2" title="List of books about K2">List of books about K2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concordia_(Karakoram)" title="Concordia (Karakoram)">Concordia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit–Baltistan">Gilgit–Baltistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Himalayan_Database" title="The Himalayan Database">The Himalayan Database</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangchenjunga" title="Kangchenjunga">Kangchenjunga</a> (3rd highest after Everest and K2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deaths_on_eight-thousanders" title="List of deaths on eight-thousanders">List of deaths on eight-thousanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="List of highest mountains">List of highest mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mount_Everest_death_statistics" title="List of Mount Everest death statistics">List of Mount Everest death statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Pakistan" title="List of mountains in Pakistan">List of mountains in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_peaks_by_prominence" class="mw-redirect" title="List of peaks by prominence">List of peaks by prominence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest" title="List of people who died climbing Mount Everest">List of people who died climbing Mount Everest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_mountains_in_the_Solar_System" title="List of tallest mountains in the Solar System">List of tallest mountains in the Solar System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hood_climbing_accidents" title="Mount Hood climbing accidents">Mount Hood climbing accidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a></li></ul> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-India's_claim-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-India's_claim_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-India's_claim_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> K2 is located in <a href="/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit–Baltistan">Gilgit–Baltistan</a>, a region, which along with <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a>, forms <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_administered_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan administered Kashmir">Pakistan administered Kashmir</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> region is currently the centre of a <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">territorial dispute</a> between Pakistan and India. India maintains a territorial dispute on Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Likewise, Pakistan maintains a territorial dispute on <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, the Indian-administered part of the region.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The most obvious exception to this policy was <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Classical_Tibetan" title="Classical Tibetan">Tibetan</a> name Chomolungma (Qomolongma) was probably known, but ignored in order to pay tribute to <a href="/wiki/George_Everest" title="George Everest">George Everest</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Express+Tribune&rft.atitle=Place+names+%E2%80%93+II&rft.date=2011-09-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F243567%2Fplace-names--ii%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aaj_1983_carter-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-aaj_1983_carter_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-aaj_1983_carter_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCarter,_H._Adams1983" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/H._Adams_Carter" title="H. Adams Carter">Carter, H. Adams</a> (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198329601">"A Note on the Chinese Name for K2, "Qogir"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Notes. <i><a href="/wiki/American_Alpine_Journal" title="American Alpine Journal">American Alpine Journal</a></i>. <b>25</b> (57). <a href="/wiki/American_Alpine_Club" title="American Alpine Club">American Alpine Club</a>: 296<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 November</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Alpine+Journal&rft.atitle=A+Note+on+the+Chinese+Name+for+K2%2C+%22Qogir%22&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=57&rft.pages=296&rft.date=1983&rft.au=Carter%2C+H.+Adams&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.americanalpineclub.org%2Farticles%2F12198329601&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK2" class="Z3988"></span> Carter, the long-time editor of the <i>AAJ</i>, goes on to say that the name <i>Chogori</i> "has no local usage. The mountain was not prominently visible from places where local inhabitants ventured and so had no local name ... The Baltis use no other name for the peak than K2, which they pronounce 'Ketu'. I strongly recommend <i>against</i> the use of the name <i>Chogori</i> in any of its forms."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pakistan/">Pakistan</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook">The World Factbook</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aaj_1975_carter-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-aaj_1975_carter_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCarter,_H._Adams1975" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/H._Adams_Carter" title="H. Adams Carter">Carter, H. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 November</span> 2016</span>. <q>Godwin Austen is the name of the glacier at its eastern foot and is only incorrectly used on some maps as the name of the mountain.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Alpine+Journal&rft.atitle=Balti+Place+Names+in+the+Karakoram&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E52-%3C%2Fspan%3E53&rft.date=1975&rft.au=Carter%2C+H.+Adams&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.americanalpineclub.org%2Farticles%2F12197505200&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK2" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-carter_ketu-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-carter_ketu_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carter, <i>op cit</i>. 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href="/wiki/Masherbrum_Mountains" title="Masherbrum Mountains">Masherbrum Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltoro_Muztagh" title="Baltoro Muztagh">Baltoro Muztagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Mountains" title="Saltoro Mountains">Saltoro Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siachen_Muztagh" title="Siachen Muztagh">Siachen Muztagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rimo_Muztagh" title="Rimo Muztagh">Rimo Muztagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saser_Muztagh" title="Saser Muztagh">Saser Muztagh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Passes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kilik_Pass" title="Kilik Pass">Kilik Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mintaka_Pass" title="Mintaka Pass">Mintaka Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khunjerab_Pass" title="Khunjerab Pass">Khunjerab Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimshal" title="Shimshal"> Shimshal Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustagh_Pass" title="Mustagh Pass">Mustagh Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Pass" title="Karakoram Pass">Karakoram Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasser_Pass" title="Sasser Pass">Sasser Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naltar_Valley" title="Naltar Valley">Naltar Pass</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Highest peaks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K2</a> <ul><li>8,611 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I">Gasherbrum I</a> <ul><li>8,080 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a> <ul><li>8,051 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">Gasherbrum II</a> <ul><li>8,035 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_III" title="Gasherbrum III">Gasherbrum III</a> <ul><li>7,952 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV">Gasherbrum IV</a> <ul><li>7,925 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distaghil_Sar" title="Distaghil Sar">Distaghil Sar</a> <ul><li>7,885 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunyang_Chhish" title="Kunyang Chhish">Kunyang Chhish</a> <ul><li>7,852 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masherbrum_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Masherbrum I">Masherbrum I</a> <ul><li>7,821 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batura_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Batura I">Batura I</a> <ul><li>7,795 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summa_Ri_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Summa Ri I">Summa Ri I</a> <ul><li>7,286 metres</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summa_Ri_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Summa Ri II">Summa Ri II</a> <ul><li>7,133 metres</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">K-numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>K1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum">Masherbrum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K2</a></li> <li>K3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV">Gasherbrum IV</a></li></ul></li> <li>K3a <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_III" title="Gasherbrum III">Gasherbrum III</a></li></ul></li> <li>K4 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">Gasherbrum II</a></li></ul></li> <li>K5 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I">Gasherbrum I</a> / Hidden Peak</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K6_(mountain)" title="K6 (mountain)"> K6</a> <ul><li>Baltistan Peak</li></ul></li> <li>K7</li> <li>K8</li> <li>K9</li> <li>K10 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Kangri" title="Saltoro Kangri"> Saltoro Kangri I</a></li></ul></li> <li>K11 <ul><li><a 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