Mount Everest and K2 are two of the world's highest peaks that stand apart from specific mountain ranges on a map. Mount Everest is in the Himalayas, while K2 is in the Karakoram range.
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.
Mount Everest stands at 8,848m high. K2 stands at 8,611m high, making Mount Everest the highest mountain.
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.
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
The distance as the crow flys between Mount Everest and K2 is around 817 miles.
Mnt Everest, K2, Kilimanjaro, Mt Mckinley, Aconcagua, Mont Blanc
K2 is another name for Mount Everest.
K2 is not higher than Mount Everest. K2 stands at 8,611 meters or 28,251 feet high and Mount Everest stands at 8,848 meters or 29,029 feet high, making it the highest mountain on earth, K2 is the second highest mountain on earth.
Everest: 8,848 metres K2: 8,611 metres
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