K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, at 8,611 metres above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres. It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the G
K2 from Broad Peak Base Camp
Montgomerie's original sketch from 1856 in which he applied the notation K2
View above Camp-IV of K2
The west face of K2 taken from the Savoia Glacier, on the 1909 expedition
Skyang Kangri, or Staircase Peak, is a high mountain peak of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It lies on the Pakistan–China border, about 7 kilometres northeast of K2, the world
Skyang Kangri seen from K2 glacier
The southeast pillar and southwest face of Skyang Kangri as viewed from K2's Abruzzi Spur.