Kenneth Mason (geographer)
Lieut-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC was a British soldier and explorer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His work surveying the Himalayas was rewarded in 1927 with a Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal, the citation reading for his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shaksgam Expedition.
Kenneth Mason
The Karakoram, a large mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, India and China
Oxford - Hertford College and Bridge of sighs
The Karakoram is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the jurisdiction of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is controlled by Pakistan. Its highest peak, K2, is located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It begins in the Wakhan Corridor (Afghanistan) in the west, encompasses the majority of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and extends into Ladakh and Aksai Chin.
Baltoro Glacier in the Central Karakoram Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan
The black gravel of Karakoram mountains, as seen near Pakistan's Biafo Glacier
Hunza Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region administered by Pakistan
K2