The other English name for K2 is Mount Godwin-Austen
Everest: 8,848 metres K2: 8,611 metres
Mount K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was formed through the collision of tectonic plates around 50 million years ago. This collision caused the uplift of the Himalayan mountain range, including K2, due to the intense pressure and force of the converging plates. Over time, the erosion by glaciers and weathering helped shape K2 into the imposing peak we see today.
K2, or Chogori as it is locally known, is 8611 metres high.It sits on the border of Northern India and China,in the Karakoram Range of the Western Himilaya Mountains.
Mount Olympus is the mountain where Zeus, king of the gods in Greek mythology, is said to reside.
K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) is in Asia.
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
K2 is another name for Mount Everest.
The other English name for K2 is Mount Godwin-Austen
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.
Mnt Everest, K2, Kilimanjaro, Mt Mckinley, Aconcagua, Mont Blanc
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