Mount Gongga
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Mount Gongga, also known as Minya Konka and nicknamed "The King of Sichuan Mountains", is the highest mountain in Sichuan province, China. It has an elevation of 7,509 m above sea level, as surveyed b
West face of Mount Gongga
The Hailuogou Glacier
Northwest Ridge, the standard route of ascent
Graf Béla Széchenyi (Österreichs Illustrierter Zeitung, 1900)
K2
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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
Mount Gongga
…Mount Gongga West face of Mount Gongga Highest point Elevation 7,509 m (24,636 ft) Ranked 41st Prominence 3,642 m (11,949 ft) Ranked 47th Parent peak K2 Listing Ultra Coordinates Geography Mount Gongga Location within Sichuan Location Kangding and Luding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture…
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