K2 is 28,251 feet above sea level. Sitting in both Pakistan and China, K2 is located in the Karakoram Range. The snow-covered mountain is prone to frequent storms and extreme weather.康城章嘉峰在日出时的云海中，是印度最高的山峰，高28169英尺。该地区是大量动植物的家园，包括2000种开花植物...
The mountain was given the name K2 by British surveyor Thomas George Montgomerie in 1852 while he was conducting the Great Trigonometric Survey. While the survey made it a point to use the local names for mountains wherever possible, K2 did not appear to have a local name at that point. Ev...
The world’s second tallest mountain, K2, reaches an equally absurd 28,251 feet. From there, 35 other mountains in the Himalayas stretch above the 25,000-foot threshold. No other mountain on the planet gets anywhere near that high. With such gargantuan company in the area, one would be h...
The second-highest mountain in the world stands on the border between Pakistan and China. K2 got its name during a theGreat Trigonometrical survey of British Indiawhich kicked off at the start of the 19th century. It is the second-highest peak in the Karakoram range (K range), hence ‘K2...
When measured from sea level, Everest is the tallest mountain. In fact, all the measurements in our article describe height above sea level. However, if measured from the base of the mountain (where the base could be below sea level), Mauna Kea is the tallest--over 33,000 feet! Amazing...