Gasherbrum II
Eight-thousander and 13th-highest mountain on Earth, located in Pakistan and China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gasherbrum II (Balti: རྒ་ཥཱ་བྲུམ་། - ༢, romanized: rgasha brum 2, lit. 'Beautiful Mountain 2'; Urdu: گاشر برم - ۲; simplified Chinese: 加舒尔布鲁木II峰; traditional Chinese: 加舒爾布魯木II峰; pinyin: Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù II Fēng); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at 8,035 metres (26,362 ft) above sea level.[1][2][3][4][6] It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China.[4] The mountain was first climbed on July 7, 1956, by an Austrian expedition which included Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch, and Hans Willenpart.
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Gasherbrum II | |
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گاشر برم-2 K4 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 8,035 m (26,362 ft)[1][2][3][4] Ranked 13th |
Prominence | 1,524 m (5,000 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 5.26 km (3.27 mi) |
Listing | Eight-thousander Ultra |
Coordinates | 35°45′30″N 76°39′12″E[5] |
Geography | |
Location | Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan Tashkurgan, Xinjiang, China, China–Pakistan border |
Parent range | Karakoram |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 7, 1956, by Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart[2] |
Easiest route | Snow/ice climb |
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