K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) is in Asia.
K2 and the Himalayas were formed when the Indian plate onverged with the Eurasian plate. the Indian plate is still moving northward, subducting the Eurasian plate and the mountain range continues to rise a few millimeters each year.
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, so therefore is higher than K2. Mount Everest is 8848 meters tall and K2 is 8611 meters tall. You may not know this but even though Mount Everest is higher K2 is acctually harder to climb.
There is no transport on K2, you have to climb the mountain to reach its summit.
Mount Everest stands at 8,848m high. K2 stands at 8,611m high, making Mount Everest the highest mountain.
It is in Pakistan
Mount K2, also known as the Savage Mountain, was formed during the uplift of the Karakoram Range in the geologically recent past, likely within the last few million years. However, the specific time of its formation cannot be determined with precision.
K2 is another name for Mount Everest.
Go onto Google Earth, they show both Mount Everest and K2 in great detail.
Mount Everest and Mount Godwin-Austen (known also as K2) are the first and second highest mountains in the world. Mount Everest is 8,848m high and K2 is 8,611m high.
K2 is also known as Savage Mountain, Mountaineer's Mountain, Mount Godwin-Austen, Balti: Chogori and Sarikoli: Mount Qogir.
Reinhold Messner from Italy was the first person to have reached the summit of Mount Everest and K2. Mount Everest 8th May 1978 K2 12th July 1979