Mount Everest stands at 8,848m high. K2 stands at 8,611m high, making Mount Everest the highest mountain.
Mount Godwin-Austen (K2) is 8,611m high
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 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.
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 K2 is 8611 metres
K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) is in Asia.
Although K2 is not as high as Mount Everest it is said to be more dangerous to climb. This is because the route is much harder and the weather on K2 is much more fierce.
Mount Everest and K2 are the two tallest mountains in the world.
K2, also known as Chhogori/Qogir, Ketu/Kechu, and Mount Godwin-Austen is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level.
Mount Everest is 29,029 feet high K2 is 28,251 feet high Thats a difference of 778 feet.
There is no transport on K2, you have to climb the mountain to reach its summit.