K4

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K4 is an alternative name for Gasherbrum II, one of the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks located in the Karakoram range on the China–Pakistan border.

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K4 canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gasherbrum II
eight-thousander
mountain
alsoKnownAs GII
Gasherbrum II
climate high-altitude alpine
climbingDifficulty high
continent Asia
elevation 26362 ft
8035 m
firstAscensionist Fritz Moravec
Hans Willenpart
Josef Larch
firstAscentDate 1956-07-07
firstAscentExpedition Austrian expedition
hasClimbingSeason summer
hasGlaciers yes
hasSubpeaks minor subsidiary tops along main ridge
hasSummitCount over 1000 ascents
hazards avalanches
crevasses
extreme altitude
isHigherThan all non-eight-thousander peaks in most mountain ranges worldwide
isLowerThan K2
isPartOf Karakoram eight-thousanders
isPopularFor high-altitude mountaineering
liesNorthOf Baltoro Glacier
liesSoutheastOf Gasherbrum I
listedIn Eight-thousander
surface form: List of mountains above 8000 m
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan
Xinjiang
locatedInCountry China
Pakistan
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram
locatedOnBorder China–Pakistan border
nameMeaning Gasherbrum Glacier
surface form: “Gasherbrum” often interpreted as “Shining Wall”
nearestMajorSettlement Skardu
parentPeak Gasherbrum I
partOf Gasherbrum massif
prominence 1523 m
rangeSection Baltoro Muztagh
rankAmongEightThousanders 13
standardRoute southwest ridge
surveyedBy Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
surveyName K4
topographicIsolation 10.4 km

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GII alsoKnownAs K4
subject surface form: Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum massif alsoKnownAs K4
subject surface form: Gasherbrum II