K2

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K2 is the world’s second-highest mountain, a notoriously difficult and dangerous peak in the Karakoram range of the Himalayas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
K2 canonical 83
K2 massif 1
K2 summit 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eight-thousander
Mountain
Stratified mountain peak
climbingSeason Summer
discoveredBySurvey Thomas Montgomerie
elevation 28251 feet
8611 metres
firstAscensionist Achille Compagnoni
Lino Lacedelli
firstAscentDate 1954-07-31
firstAscentExpeditionLeader Ardito Desio
firstAscentExpeditionNationality Italian
firstRecordedSurveyYear 1856
hasNoWidelyUsedLocalName true
isHigherThan Kangchenjunga
Lhotse
Makalu
knownFor Extreme difficulty of ascent
High fatality rate among climbers
Severe and unpredictable weather
Technical climbing challenges
liesOn China–Pakistan border
locatedInCountry China
Pakistan
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram
locatedInRegion Gilgit-Baltistan
Xinjiang
locatedInSystem Greater Himalayas
locatedNearGlacier Baltoro Glacier
Panmah Glacier
surface form: Godwin-Austen Glacier
locatedOnContinent Asia
mapLabel K2 self-link
namedDuring Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
nameGivenBy Thomas Montgomerie
nickname Savage Mountain
otherNotableRoute Cesen Route
North Ridge
South-Southeast Spur
West Face
parentPeak Mount Everest
partOf Baltoro Muztagh
surface form: Baltoro Muztagh subrange
prominence 13179 feet
4017 metres
rankingByElevation Second-highest mountain in the world
standardRoute Abruzzi Spur
UNGEGNRomanization K2 self-link
winterAscentFirstDate 2021-01-16
winterFirstAscensionistTeamNationality Nepali

Referenced by (85)

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

Pakistan highestPeak K2
Himalayas contains K2
Karakoram contains K2
K2 mapLabel K2 self-link
K2 UNGEGNRomanization K2 self-link
Baltoro Glacier near K2
Broad Peak near K2
Chogolisa near K2
Savage Mountain about K2
subject surface form: The Savage Mountain (book)
Skardu near K2
northern Pakistan containsPeak K2
subject surface form: Northern Pakistan
K1 parentPeak K2
Lacedelli mountainClimbed K2
subject surface form: Lino Lacedelli
North Ridge of K2 highestPoint K2
this entity surface form: K2 summit
Simone Moro climbed K2
Concordia nearMountain K2
subject surface form: Concordia (Karakoram)