K-2

K2
Mount Godwin-Austen کے ٹو
K2, summer 2006
Highest point
Elevation	8,611 metres (28,251 ft)  Ranked 2nd
Prominence	4,020 m (13,190 ft)  Ranked 22nd
Isolation	1,316 kilometres (818 mi)
Listing	Eight-thousander Country high point Seven Second Summits Ultra
Coordinates	35°52′57″N 76°30′48″E / 35.88250°N 76.51333°E / 35.88250; 76.51333Coordinates: 35°52′57″N 76°30′48″E / 35.88250°N 76.51333°E / 35.88250; 76.51333
Naming
Native name	چھوغوری
Geography
K2 Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China Show map of Tibetan Plateau K2 Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China Show map of Pakistan K2 Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China Show map of Gilgit Baltistan
Parent range	Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent	31 July 1954 Achille Compagnoni Lino Lacedelli
Easiest route	Abruzzi Spur

K2 (Urdu: کے ٹو ‎), also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti and Urdu: چھوغوری‎), is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level. It is located on the China-Pakistan border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang.

K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. With around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities, about one person dies on the mountain for every four who summit. It is more difficult and hazardous to reach the peak of K2 from the Chinese side, so it is usually climbed from the Pakistani side. Unlike Annapurna, the mountain with the highest fatality-to-summit rate (191 summits and 61 fatalities), or the other eight thousanders, K2 has never been climbed during winter.